Genesis 1:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

Job 26:13

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Job 37:11

The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

Job 37:18

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

Psalm 104:2

You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

Psalm 148:4

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

Psalm 150:1

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

Psalm 19:1

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

Psalm 19:2

Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

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.

Psalm 33:9

For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

Jeremiah 51:15

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

Zechariah 12:1

The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

2 Peter 3:5

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;