Genesis 1:6
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
- KJV
- And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- WEB
- God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
- ASV
- And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- DARBY
- And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
- BLB
- And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it be dividing between waters [and] waters.”
- ÅB
- Og Gud sa: Det bli en hvelving midt i vannene, og den skal skille vann fra vann.
- OTB
- Så sa Gud: "La det være en hvelving mellom vannene for å skille vann fra vann."
- B1930
- Og Gud sa: Det bli en hvelving midt i vannene, og den skal skille vann fra vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Read in contextJob 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Read in contextJob 26:7–8
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:12–13
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Read in contextPsalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Read in contextPsalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Read in contextPsalms 33:9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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