Genesis 1:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Common English Bible

² the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters—

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved over the waters.

English Standard Version 2016

² The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 Cross References

Job 26:14

Lo, these are parts of his ways: But how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Job 41:32

He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

Psalm 104:30

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:6

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: For his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 148:7

Praise the LORD from the earth, Ye dragons, and all deeps:

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Proverbs 8:24

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water.

Isaiah 31:5

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Jeremiah 4:23

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Nahum 2:10

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, Fluttereth over her young, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, Beareth them on her wings: