Genesis 1:2

Modern English Version

The earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked on the earth, And behold, it was without form and void. And to the heavens, and they had no light.

Psalm 104:30

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

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who has established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Psalm 33:6

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

Job 26:7

He stretches out the north over empty space, He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Job 26:14

Indeed, these are but a part of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?”

Nahum 2:10

She is desolate, empty, and waste! Hearts melt away, and knees shake; pain is in all the loins, and all their faces grow pale.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

Like an eagle stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, He spread out his wings and took him; He lifted him on His pinions;

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Psalm 104:6

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

Psalm 136:6

to Him who spread out the earth above the waters, for His mercy endures forever;

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all the depths;

Proverbs 8:24

When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.

Isaiah 31:5

Like flying birds, so the Lord of Hosts will defend Jerusalem. He will defend and deliver it; He will pass over and preserve it.

Job 41:32

He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair.