Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” New Living Translation Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” English Standard Version And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Berean Standard Bible And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” King James Bible And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. New King James Version Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” New American Standard Bible Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” NASB 1995 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” NASB 1977 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Legacy Standard Bible Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” Amplified Bible And God said, “Let there be an expanse [of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below the expanse] from the waters [above the expanse].” Christian Standard Bible Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.” American Standard Version And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God said, “The sky shall be in the middle of the waters, and will be separating between the waters unto the waters.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so. Contemporary English Version God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it." Douay-Rheims Bible And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. English Revised Version And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then God said, "Let there be a horizon in the middle of the water in order to separate the water." International Standard Version Then God said, "Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!" JPS Tanakh 1917 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' Literal Standard Version And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.” Majority Standard Bible And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” New American Bible Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other. NET Bible God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water. New Revised Standard Version And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” New Heart English Bible And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." And it was so. Webster's Bible Translation And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. World English Bible God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Young's Literal Translation And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Second Day…5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.… Cross References 2 Peter 3:5 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. Psalm 136:6 He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Jeremiah 10:12 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. Treasury of Scripture And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Let there. Genesis 1:14,20 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: … Genesis 7:11,12 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened… Job 26:7,8,13 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing… firmament. Jump to Previous Arch Divide Division Expanse Firmament Middle Midst Parting Separate Separating Solid Stretching Water WatersJump to Next Arch Divide Division Expanse Firmament Middle Midst Parting Separate Separating Solid Stretching Water WatersGenesis 1 1. God creates heaven and earth;3. the light; 6. the firmament; 9. separates the dry land; 14. forms the sun, moon, and stars; 20. fishes and fowls; 24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things; 26. creates man in his own image, blesses him; 29. grants the fruits of the earth for food. (6) A firmament.--This is the Latin translation of the Greek word used by the translators of the Septuagint Version. Undoubtedly it means something solid; and such was the idea of the Greeks, and probably also of the Hebrews. As such it appears in the poetry of the Bible, where it is described as a mighty vault of molten glass (Job 37:18), upheld by the mountains as pillars (Job 26:11; 2Samuel 22:8), and having doors and lattices through which the Deity pours forth abundance (Genesis 7:11; Psalm 78:23). Even in this "Hymn of Creation" we have poetry, but not expressed in vivid metaphors, but in sober and thoughtful language. Here, therefore, the word rendered "firmament" means an expanse. If, as geologists tell us, the earth at this stage was an incandescent mass, this expanse would be the ring of equilibrium, where the heat supplied from below was exactly equal to that given off by radiation into the cold ether above. And gradually this would sink lower and lower, until finally it reached the surface of the earth; and at this point the work of the second day would be complete.Verse 6. - Day two. The work of this day consisted in the formation of that immense gaseous ocean, called the atmosphere, by which the earth is encircled. And God said, Let there be a firmament (rakiya, an expand, from rakah, to beat out; LXX., στερέωμα; Vulgate, firmamentum) in the midst of the waters. To affirm with Knobel, Gesenius, and others that the Hebrews supposed the atmospheric heavens to be a metallic substance (Exodus 24:10), a vault fixed on the water-flood which surrounds the earth (Proverbs 8:27), firm as a molten looking-glass (Job 37:18), borne by the highest mountains, which are therefore called the pillars and foundations of heaven (2 Samuel 22:8), and having doors and windows (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 28:17; Psalm 78:23), is to confound poetical metaphor with literal prose, optical and phenomenal language with strict scientific statement. The Vulgate and English translations of rakiya may convey the idea of solidity, though it is doubtful if στερέωμα (LXX.) does not signify that which makes firm as well as that which is made firm (McCaul, Wordsworth, W. Lewis), thus referring to the well-known scientific fact that the atmosphere by its weight upon the waters of the sea keeps them down, and by its pressure against our bodies keeps them up; but it is certain that not solidity, but expansiveness, is the idea represented by rakiya (cf. Scottish, tax, to stretch; Job 37:18; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22). "The firmament, expanse of liquid, pure, Hebrew And Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative said, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Let there be יְהִ֥י (yə·hî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be an expanse רָקִ֖יעַ (rā·qî·a‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7549: An expanse, the firmament, visible arch of the sky between בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre the waters, הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen to וִיהִ֣י (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be separate מַבְדִּ֔יל (maḇ·dîl) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 914: To be divided, separate the waters מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen from the waters.” לָמָֽיִם׃ (lā·mā·yim) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Links Genesis 1:6 NIVGenesis 1:6 NLT Genesis 1:6 ESV Genesis 1:6 NASB Genesis 1:6 KJV Genesis 1:6 BibleApps.com Genesis 1:6 Biblia Paralela Genesis 1:6 Chinese Bible Genesis 1:6 French Bible Genesis 1:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 1:6 God said Let there be an expanse (Gen. 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