Genesis 1:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.””
Read Genesis 1:6 in the flow of Genesis1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Genesis1 to see the surrounding context.
“And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 1:6 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- Job 26:8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
- Job 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
- Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
- Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- Psalms 19:2Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Psalms 136:5By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
- Psalms 150:1Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Jeremiah 51:15The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
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