Genesis 1:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then God commanded, “Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places”—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.

Cross References

Job 37:18

Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

Jeremiah 51:15

The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

Psalm 33:6

The Lord created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.

Psalm 104:2

you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

Psalm 33:9

When he spoke, the world was created; at his command everything appeared.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the sky.

Zechariah 12:1

This is a message about Israel from the Lord, the Lord who spread out the skies, created the earth, and gave life to man. He says,

Psalm 19:1

How clearly the sky reveals God's glory! How plainly it shows what he has done!

Genesis 1:20

Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.”

Job 26:13

It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster.

Psalm 150:1

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his Temple! Praise his strength in heaven!

Job 37:11

Lightning flashes from the clouds,

Ecclesiastes 11:3

No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.

Genesis 1:14

Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;

Jeremiah 10:10

But you, Lord, are the true God, you are the living God and the eternal king. When you are angry, the world trembles; the nations cannot endure your anger. (

2 Peter 3:5

They purposely ignore the fact that long ago God gave a command, and the heavens and earth were created. The earth was formed out of water and by water,

Isaiah 40:22

It was made by the one who sits on his throne above the earth and beyond the sky; the people below look as tiny as ants. He stretched out the sky like a curtain, like a tent in which to live.

Psalm 19:2

Each day announces it to the following day; each night repeats it to the next.