Genesis 2:6 - Plain English Version

⁶ Water used to come up from under the ground and wet the top of all the ground.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But there went up a mist (fog, vapor) from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Common English Bible

⁶ though a stream rose from the earth and watered all of the fertile land—

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But a fountain ascended from the earth, irrigating the entire surface of the land.

Genesis 2:6 Cross References

Genesis 2:5

At first, God didn’t send any rain on the earth, and there were no people to make the ground right for the plants. So nothing was growing on the earth at that time.

Genesis 2:7

God took some dirt, and he made a man out of it. Then God breathed into the man’s nose, and God’s breath gave him life. So that man became a living person.