Genesis 1:7
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
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- BSB
- So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
- BLB
- And God made the firmament, and He divided between the waters that [were] under the firmament, and between the waters that [were] above the firmament. And it was so.
- ÅB
- Og Gud gjorde hvelvingen og skilte vannet som er under hvelvingen, fra vannet som er over hvelvingen. Og det ble så.
- OTB
- Så Gud laget hvelvingen og skilte vannet under den fra vannet over den. Og det ble slik.
- B1930
- Og Gud gjorde hvelvingen og skilte vannet som er under hvelvingen, fra vannet som er over hvelvingen. Og det blev så.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:28–29
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Read in contextPsalms 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Read in contextMatthew 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Read in contextJob 38:8–11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Read in contextGenesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Read in contextJob 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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