Genesis 1:2

New Century Version

The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water.

Cross References

Job 26:14

And these are only a small part of God’s works. We only hear a small whisper of him. Who could understand God’s thundering power?”

Job 26:7

God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 38:9

when I made the clouds like a coat for the sea and wrapped it in dark clouds,

Job 41:32

When it swims, it leaves a shining path in the water that makes the sea look as if it had white hair.

Psalm 104:30

When you breathe on them, they are created, and you make the land new again.

Psalm 104:6

You covered the earth with oceans; the water was above the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

He spread out the earth on the seas. His love continues forever.

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, you large sea animals and all the oceans,

Psalm 33:6

The sky was made at the Lord’s command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Proverbs 8:24

I was born before there were oceans, or springs overflowing with water,

Isaiah 31:5

The Lord All-Powerful will defend Jerusalem like birds flying over their nests. He will defend and save it; he will ‘pass over’ and save Jerusalem.”

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens. He is the God who formed the earth and made it. He did not want it to be empty, but he wanted life on the earth. This is what the Lord says: “I am the Lord. There is no other God.

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was empty and had no shape. I looked at the sky, and its light was gone.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone’s face grows pale.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let the light shine out of the darkness!” This is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

He was like an eagle building its nest that flutters over its young. It spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its feathers.