Genesis 1:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.

Cross References

Genesis 1:8

and named it “Sky”. Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.

Nehemiah 9:6

You alone are the LORD, Creator of the heavens and all the stars, Creator of the earth and those who live on it, Creator of the ocean and all its creatures. You are the source of life, praised by the stars that fill the heavens.

Job 26:10

On the surface of the sea, God has drawn a boundary line between light and darkness.

Job 26:7

who hung the northern sky and suspended the earth on empty space.

Psalm 104:3

and you built your home over the mighty ocean. The clouds are your chariot with the wind as its wings.

Psalm 33:7

He scooped up the ocean and stored the water.

Psalm 95:5

The ocean is the Lord's because he made it, and with his own hands he formed the dry land.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All rivers empty into the sea, but it never spills over; one by one the rivers return to their source.

Jeremiah 5:22

that you should worship me with fear and trembling? I'm the one who made the shore to hold back the ocean. Waves may crash on the beach, but they can come no further.

Jonah 1:9

Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

2 Peter 3:5

They will say this because they want to forget that long ago the heavens and the earth were made at God's command. The earth came out of water and was made from water.

Revelation 10:6

He made a promise in the name of God who lives for ever and who created heaven, earth, the sea, and every living creature. The angel said, “You won't have to wait any longer.