Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Genesis 1:2 - King James 2000 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. American Standard Version (1901) And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Common English Bible the earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters— Catholic Public Domain Version But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved over the waters. |
Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
When I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
He leaves a path shining after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.
You send forth your Spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth.
You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures forever.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, he will also deliver it; and passing over, he will preserve it.
For thus says the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is on all sides, and the faces of them all grow pale.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
As an eagle stirs up its nest, flutters over its young, spreads abroad its wings, takes them, bears them on its wings: