Genesis 2:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ but a mist went up from the earth and watered the entire surface of the ground.

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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

Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for יהוה  Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,

Genesis 2:7

And יהוה  Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being.

Psalm 135:7

Causing vapours to go up From the ends of the earth; He made lightning for the rain, Bringing forth wind from His treasuries;