Genesis 1:6

New International Reader's Version

God said, “Let there be a huge space between the waters. Let it separate water from water.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

God said, “Let there be lights in the huge space of the sky. Let them separate the day from the night. Let the lights set the times for the holy celebrations and the days and the years.

Genesis 1:20

God said, “Let the seas be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky.”

Job 26:13

His breath made the skies bright and clear. His hand wounded the serpent that glides through the sea.

Job 37:11

He loads the clouds with moisture. He scatters his lightning through them.

Job 37:18

Can you help God spread out the skies? They are as hard as a mirror that’s made out of bronze.

Psalm 104:2

The Lord wraps himself in light as if it were a robe. He spreads out the heavens like a tent.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you highest heavens. Praise him, you waters above the skies.

Psalm 150:1

Praise the Lord. Praise God in his holy temple. Praise him in his mighty heavens.

Psalm 19:1

The heavens tell about the glory of God. The skies show that his hands created them.

Psalm 19:2

Day after day they speak about it. Night after night they make it known.

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made when the Lord commanded it to happen. All the stars were created by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:9

He spoke, and the world came into being. He commanded, and it stood firm.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

Clouds that are full of water pour rain down on the earth. A tree might fall to the south or the north. It will stay in the place where it falls.

Isaiah 40:22

God sits on his throne high above the earth. Its people look like grasshoppers to him. He spreads out the heavens like a cover. He sets it up like a tent to live in.

Jeremiah 10:10

But you are the only true God. You are the only living God. You are the King who rules forever. When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear. The nations can’t stand up under your anger.

Jeremiah 51:15

“I used my power to make the earth. I used my wisdom to set the world in place. I used my understanding to spread out the heavens.

Zechariah 12:1

This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel. The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says,

2 Peter 3:5

Long ago, God’s word brought the heavens into being. His word separated the earth from the waters. And the waters surrounded it. But these people forget things like that on purpose.