Genesis 1:6

English Standard Version 2016

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Cross References

Job 37:18

Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?

Jeremiah 51:15

“It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Psalm 104:2

covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.

Psalm 33:9

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

Psalm 148:4

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

Zechariah 12:1

The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

Psalm 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

Job 26:13

By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Psalm 150:1

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!

Job 37:11

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

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

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

2 Peter 3:5

For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

Psalm 19:2

Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.