Genesis 1:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

Cross References

Job 26:14

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

Job 26:7

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

Job 41:32

After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

Psalm 104:30

If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:6

Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

Psalm 136:6

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 148:7

Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places:

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Proverbs 8:24

When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

Isaiah 31:5

Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 4:23

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

Nahum 2:10

Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers: