Genesis 1:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

Cross References

Psalm 148:4

Praise Him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens!

Matthew 8:27

And the men were stunned with bewildered wonder and marveled, saying, What kind of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place [of standing], and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

Job 26:8

He holds the waters bound in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], and the cloud is not rent under them.

Genesis 1:15

And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so.

Psalm 104:10

He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains.

Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Psalm 19:1

THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. [Rom. 1:20, 21.]

Psalm 19:2

Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge.

Psalm 136:5

To Him Who by wisdom and understanding made the heavens, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;