Genesis 1:6 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Common English Bible

⁶ God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ God also said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

English Standard Version 2016

⁶ And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:6 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Job 26:13

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Job 37:11

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: He scattereth his bright cloud:

Job 37:18

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Psalm 104:2

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens.

Psalm 150:1

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Psalm 19:2

Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night sheweth knowledge.

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.

Psalm 33:9

For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Jeremiah 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 abide his indignation.

Jeremiah 51:15

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

2 Peter 3:5

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