Genesis 1:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And God sayde: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it deuyde ye waters a sunder.

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes, that with his power made the earth, with his wi?dome prepayred ye rounde worlde, & with his discrecion spred out the heauens.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Thou deckest thy self with light, as it were wt a garment, thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 hast thou helped him to spred out the heauen, which is to loke vpo, as it were cast of cleare metall?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made, & all the hoostes of them by ye breth of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretcheth out ye north ouer the emptie, & hageth ye earth vpo nothinge. 8 He byndeth ye water in his cloudes, that they fall not downe together.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For loke what he sayeth, it is done: and loke what he comaudeth, it stondeth fast.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 Which by his wysdome made the heauens, for his mercy endureth for euer. 6 Which layed out the earth aboue the waters, for his mercy endureth for euer.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The heuy burthen which ye LORDE hath deuysed for Israel. Thus saieth the LORDE, which spred the heaues abrode, layde the foundacion of the earth, and geueth man ye breath of life:
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 The very heaues declare the glory off God, ad the very firmamet sheweth his hadye worke.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 But (as for oure God) he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens, 13 At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre, he draweth vp ye cloudes from the vttemost partes of ye earth: he turneth lighteninge to rayne, and brigeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries:
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Prayse him all ye heauens, & ye waters yt be vnder the heauens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Halleluya. O prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuary, prayse him in the firmament of his power.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 Whe the cloudes are full, they poure out rayne vpon the earth. And whe ye tre falleth, (whether it be towarde the south or north) in what place so euer it fall, there it lyeth.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORDE is a true God, a lyuinge God, and an euerlastinge kinge. Yf he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Getiles maye not abyde his indignacion.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe, or hast thou sene ye secrete places of the hale: 23 which I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of batell & warre? 24 By what waye is the light parted, & the heate dealt out vpon earth? 25 Who deuydeth the abundauce of waters in to ryuers, or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether, 26 yt it watereth & moystureth ye drye & baren grounde:
  • Job 26:13 : 13 With his sprete hath he garnished the heaues, & with his hande hath he wounded the rebellious serpet.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 The cloudes do their laboure in geuynge moystnesse, the cloudes poure downe their rayne.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age, vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth, that same daye were all ye fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened, 12 and there came a rayne vpon ye earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:7-11
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    94%

    7Then God made ye firmamet, and parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from the waters aboue the firmament: And so it came to passe.

    8And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye.

    9And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe.

    10And God called ye drye londe, Earth: and the gatheringe together of waters called he, ye See. And God sawe yt it was good.

    11And God sayde: let ye earth bringe forth grene grasse and herbe, that beareth sede: & frutefull trees, that maye beare frute, euery one after his kynde, hauynge their owne sede in them selues vpon the earth. And so it came to passe.

  • Gen 1:13-24
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    13Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the thirde daye.

    14And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

    15And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.

    16And God made two greate lightes: one greater light to rule the daye, and a lesse light to rule the night, and (he made) starres also.

    17And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth,

    18and to rule the daye and the night, and to deuyde the light from darcknes. And God sawe that it was good.

    19Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fourth daye.

    20And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.

    21And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good,

    22and blessed them, sayenge: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sees, and let the foules multiplie vpon the earth.

    23Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fifth daye.

    24And God sayde: let ye earth brynge forth lyuynge soules, euery one after his kynde: catell, wormes & what as hath life vpon earth, euery one after his kynde. And so it came to passe.

  • Gen 1:1-5
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    1In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth:

    2and ye earth was voyde and emptie, and darcknes was vpon the depe, & ye sprete of God moued vpo the water.

    3And God sayde: let there be light, & there was light.

    4And God sawe the light that it was good. Then God deuyded ye light from the darcknes,

    5and called the light, Daye: and the darcknes, Night Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the first daye.

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    26And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth.

    27And God created man after his licknesse: after ye licknesse of God created he him, male & female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generacions of heaue and earth whan they were created, in the tyme whan the LORDE God made heauen and earth:

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
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    5This they knowe not (and that wylfully) how that the heauens were afore tyme also, and the earth out of the water, & was in the water by the worde of God,

    6yet was the worlde at that tyme destroyed by the same with the floude.

  • Ps 33:6-7
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    6By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made, & all the hoostes of them by ye breth of his mouth.

    7He gathereth ye waters together as it were in a bottell, & laieth vp the depe in secrete.

  • Gen 2:6
    73%

    6But there arose a myst from the earth, & watered all the londe.

  • Ps 19:1
    72%

    1The very heaues declare the glory off God, ad the very firmamet sheweth his hadye worke.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28whan he hanged the cloudes aboue: whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe:

  • Gen 8:2
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    2and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden,

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10He hath copased the waters wt certayne boundes, vntill the daye & night come to an ende.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4Prayse him all ye heauens, & ye waters yt be vnder the heauens.

  • Jer 51:16
    71%

    16As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde, the waters in the ayre waxe fearce: He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth. He turneth ye lightenynges to rayne, he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places

  • Gen 7:10
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    10And whan the seuen dayes were past, the water floude came vpon the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1Thus was heaue and earth fynished with all their hoost,

  • Ezek 1:25
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    25Now when they stode still, and had letten downe their wynges, it thondred in the firmament, that was aboue their heades.

  • Exod 14:21
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    21Wha Moses now stretched forth his hade ouer ye see, the LORDE caused it to passe awaye thorow a mightie eastwynde all that night, and made the see drye, and ye water deuyded it self a sunder.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmet, so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15Then spake God vnto Noe, and sayde:

  • Ezek 1:22
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    22Aboue ouer ye heades of the beestes there was a firmament, which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall, & that was spred out aboue vpon their heades:

  • Gen 7:18
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    18Thus the water preuayled, and increased sore vpon the earth, so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ad groundeth his tabernacle in the earth: He that calleth the waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: his name is the LORDE.

  • Gen 1:31
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    31And God behelde all yt he had made, and lo, they were exceadinge good. Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the sixte daye.