Genesis 1:2

Legacy Standard Bible

And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Cross References

Job 26:14

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how only with a whisper of a word do we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

Job 26:7

“He stretches out the north over what is formless And hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 38:9

When I made a cloud its garment And dense gloom its swaddling band,

Job 41:32

“Behind it, it makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

Psalm 104:30

You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Psalm 148:7

¶Praise Yahweh from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps;

Psalm 33:6

¶By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

Proverbs 8:24

“When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs heavy with water.

Isaiah 31:5

Like flying birds so Yahweh of hosts will defend Jerusalem. He will defend and deliver it; He will pass over and provide a way of escape.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says Yahweh, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it a formless place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am Yahweh, and there is none else.

Jeremiah 4:23

¶I saw on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.

Nahum 2:10

She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in all their loins, And all their faces turn pale!

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them; He carried them on His pinions.