Verse 6

You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 7:19 : 19 The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
• 2 Pet 3:5 : 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;
• Gen 1:2-9 : 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. 6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." 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.