Genesis 1:6

World English Bible (2000)

God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide 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 by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
  • Job 37:18 : 18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
  • Job 26:7-8 : 7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing. 8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst 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 understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever: 6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
  • Ps 19:1 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse 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 by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: 13 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
  • Job 38:22-26 : 22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures 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 lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth? 25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
  • Job 26:13 : 13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
  • Job 37:11 : 11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
  • Gen 1:20 : 20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of 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 the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened. 12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:7-11
    5 verses
    94%

    7 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.

    8 God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

    10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

    11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

  • Gen 1:13-24
    12 verses
    83%

    13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

    14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide 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 expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

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

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

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

    19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

    21 God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

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

    23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals 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 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

    4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

    5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Gen 1:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26 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 sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

    27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

    28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

  • Gen 2:4
    74%

    4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

  • 2 Pet 3:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

    6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

  • Ps 33:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

    7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps 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. The expanse shows his handiwork.

  • Prov 8:28
    72%

    28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

  • Gen 8:2
    72%

    2 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

  • Job 26:10
    72%

    10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

  • Ps 148:4
    72%

    4 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

  • Jer 51:16
    71%

    16 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Gen 7:10
    70%

    10 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1 The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.

  • Ezek 1:25
    70%

    25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  • Exod 14:21
    70%

    21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the 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 cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

  • Gen 8:15
    70%

    15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

  • Ezek 1:22
    70%

    22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.

  • Gen 7:18
    70%

    18 The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

  • Amos 9:6
    70%

    6 It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

  • Gen 1:31
    69%

    31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.