Genesis 1:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water! Let it be for separating water from water.”

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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

Then God said, “Let lights in the expanse of the sky be for separating the day from the night. They will be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.

Genesis 1:20

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures! Let flying creatures fly above the land across the expanse of the sky.”

Job 26:13

By His Ruach the heavens are clear; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Job 37:11

He loads the cloud with moisture; He scatters His cloud of lightning.

Job 37:18

can you, with Him, stretch out the skies, strong as a mirror of molten metal?

Psalm 104:2

wrapping Yourself in light as a robe, stretching out heaven like a curtain,

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, highest heavens, and waters above the heavens.

Psalm 150:1

Halleluyah! Praise God in His Sanctuary! Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

Psalm 19:1

For the music director, a psalm of David.

Psalm 19:2

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky shows His handiwork.

Psalm 33:6

By Adonai’s word were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 33:9

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

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full, they empty out rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to south or north, the tree lies wherever it falls.

Isaiah 40:22

He sits above the circle of the earth— its inhabitants are like grasshoppers— He stretches out the skies like a curtain, spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Jeremiah 10:10

But Adonai Elohim is truth. He is the living God and eternal King. At His wrath the earth quakes and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Jeremiah 51:15

One made the earth by His power, set up the world by His wisdom, and spread out the heavens by His knowledge.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of Adonai concerning Israel. A declaration of Adonai, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

2 Peter 3:5

For in holding to this idea, it escapes their notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.