Genesis 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said, Let there be a sky in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

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  • Jer 51:15 : 15 He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and like a molten mirror?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 136:5-6 : 5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever. 6 To him who stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.
  • Jer 10:12-13 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 13 When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the expanse of his power.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to endure his indignation.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth? 25 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder, 26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no one is, on the wilderness, where there is no man;
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By His spirit He has adorned the heavens; His hand has formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.
  • Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:7-11
    5 verses
    94%

    7 And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.

    8 And God called the sky Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

    10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

    11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
    12 verses
    83%

    13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

    15 And let them be for lights in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

    16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the stars also.

    17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

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

    19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

    21 And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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

    23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

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

    2 And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

    3 And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

    4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated 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.

  • Gen 1:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

    28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:4
    74%

    4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

    6 By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

    7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; he lays up the depths in storehouses.

  • Gen 2:6
    73%

    6 But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

  • Ps 19:1
    72%

    1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.

  • Prov 8:28
    72%

    28 When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

  • Gen 8:2
    72%

    2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10 He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

  • Jer 51:16
    71%

    16 When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

  • Gen 7:10
    70%

    10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

  • Ezek 1:25
    70%

    25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

  • Ps 104:6
    70%

    6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 8:15
    70%

    15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

  • Ezek 1:22
    70%

    22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of an awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

  • Gen 7:18
    70%

    18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31 And God saw everything that He had made, and they were very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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