Genesis 1:2

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Job 26:14

These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?”

Job 26:7

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

Job 38:9

and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness?

Job 41:32

The water glistens in its wake, making the sea look white.

Psalm 104:30

When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:6

You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.

Psalm 136:6

Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths,

Psalm 33:6

The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

Proverbs 8:24

I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters.

Isaiah 31:5

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem and protect it like a bird protecting its nest. He will defend and save the city; he will pass over it and rescue it.”

Isaiah 45:18

For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. “I am the Lord,” he says, “and there is no other.

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.

Nahum 2:10

Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined. Hearts melt and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:11

Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.