Genesis 1:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 1:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:2 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 1:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 1:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:2 ASV — 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.”
Genesis 1:2 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,”
Genesis 1:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the earth was without forme and void, and darkenesse was vpon the deepe, and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:2 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“and the earth was without form and empty, darkness was over the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:2 in Context — Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 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.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
What Does Genesis 1:2 Mean?
Genesis 1:2 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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