Genesis 1:6

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Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretches out the north over empty space; he hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 To Him who made the heavens with understanding, for His steadfast love endures forever. 6 To Him who spread out the earth upon the waters, for His steadfast love endures forever.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 For the choirmaster: A psalm of David.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. 13 At the sound of His thunder, water roars in the heavens. He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of His storehouses.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise Him, highest heavens, and you waters above the skies!
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 When the clouds are full, they pour down rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there it will lie.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 which I have reserved for a time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? 24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm, 26 to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By his breath the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 1:7-11
    5 verses
    94%

    7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

    8God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

    9Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.

    10God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters he called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good.

    11Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
    12 verses
    83%

    13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

    14Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

    15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.

    16God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

    17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

    20Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'

    21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teem, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

    23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

    24Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living beings according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.' And it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

    4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

  • Gen 1:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

    27So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'

  • Gen 2:4
    74%

    4These are the records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.

    6Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host.

    7He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.

  • Gen 2:6
    73%

    6But a mist would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

  • Ps 19:1
    72%

    1For the choirmaster: A psalm of David.

  • Prov 8:28
    72%

    28When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

  • Gen 8:2
    72%

    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4Praise Him, highest heavens, and you waters above the skies!

  • Jer 51:16
    71%

    16When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.

  • Gen 7:10
    70%

    10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1So the heavens, the earth, and everything in them were completed.

  • Ezek 1:25
    70%

    25A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.

  • Ps 104:6
    70%

    6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 8:15
    70%

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

  • Ezek 1:22
    70%

    22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

  • Gen 7:18
    70%

    18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6He builds His chambers in the heavens and establishes His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth—the Lord is His name.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.