Genesis 1:6 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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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.

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."

Genesis 1:6 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,

Genesis 1:20

And Elohim said, “Let the waters teem with shoals of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.”

Job 26:13

By His Spirit He adorned the heavens. His hand whirled the fleeing serpent.

Job 37:11

He also loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His bright clouds.

Job 37:18

Did you, with Him, spread out the clouds, strong as a hard mirror?

Psalm 104:2

Covering Yourself with light as with a garment, Stretching out the heavens like a curtain,

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!

Psalm 150:1

Praise Yah! Praise Ě

Psalm 19:1

The heavens are proclaiming the esteem of Ě

Psalm 19:2

Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.

Psalm 33:6

By the Word of יהוה  the heavens were made, And all their host by the Spirit of His mouth,

Psalm 33:9

For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are filled with rain, they empty themselves upon the earth. And if a tree falls to the south or the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it is.

Isaiah 40:22

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

Jeremiah 10:10

But יהוה  is truly Elohim. He is the living Elohim and the everlasting Sovereign. At His wrath the earth shakes, and nations are unable to stand His displeasure.

Jeremiah 51:15

He made the earth by His power, He established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

The message of the word of יהוה  against Yisra’ĕ

2 Peter 3:5

For they choose to have this hidden from them: that the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by the Word of Elohim,