Genesis 1:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

the earth was without life and not yet useful for anything. Deep waters covered the earth, and darkness covered the water. God’s Spirit was moving like a storm over the surface of the water.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth. It was empty; there was nothing on it. I looked at the sky, and its light was gone.

Psalm 104:30

But when you send out your life-giving breath, things come alive, and the world is like new again!

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord is God. He made the skies and the earth. He put the earth in its place. He did not want the earth to be empty when he made it. He created it to be lived on. “I am the Lord. There is no other God.

Psalm 33:6

The Lord spoke the command, and the world was made. The breath from his mouth created everything in the heavens.

Job 26:7

God stretched the northern sky over empty space. He hung the earth on nothing.

Job 26:14

These are only a few of the amazing things God has done. We hear only a small whisper of God’s thundering power.”

Nahum 2:10

Now Nineveh is empty. Everything is stolen. The city is ruined. People have lost their courage, their hearts melt with fear, their knees knock together, their bodies shake, and their faces turn pale.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let light shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts to let us know that his own divine greatness is seen in the face of Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

like an eagle when she makes her young leave the nest to fly. She stays close to them, ready to help. She spreads her wings to catch them when they fall and carries them to a safe place.

Job 38:9

Who covered it with clouds and wrapped it in darkness?

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with water like a blanket. The water covered even the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

He spread the land over the sea. His faithful love will last forever.

Psalm 148:7

Everything on earth, praise him! Great sea animals and all the oceans, praise the Lord!

Proverbs 8:24

I was born before there was an ocean, before the springs began to flow.

Isaiah 31:5

Just as birds fly over their nest to protect it, so the Lord All-Powerful will defend Jerusalem. He will save her. He will “pass over” and save Jerusalem.

Job 41:32

When he swims, he leaves a sparkling path behind him. He stirs up the water and makes it white with foam.