Devine Scripture

Genesis 1:6

Genesis chapter 1 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Context

v.5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

v.6This passage

v.7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 150:1

    Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  • Job 38:22

    Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

  • Job 37:11

    Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

  • Genesis 1:14

    And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

  • Zechariah 12:1

    The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: