Genesis 1:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Cross References

Job 26:14

These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the word we hear of Him! Who can understand His mighty thunder?

Job 26:7

He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 38:9

when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

Job 41:32

He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair!

Psalm 104:30

When You send Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

He spread the land on the waters. His love is eternal.

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, all sea monsters and ocean depths,

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

Proverbs 8:24

I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.

Isaiah 31:5

Like hovering birds, so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem — by protecting it, He will rescue it, by sparing it, He will deliver it.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the Lord says — God is the Creator of the heavens. He formed the earth and made it. He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited — “I am Yahweh, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens, and their light was gone.

Nahum 2:10

Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale!

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

He watches over His nest like an eagle and hovers over His young; He spreads His wings, catches him, and lifts him up on His pinions.