Genesis 1:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:6 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 1:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.””
Genesis 1:6 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:6 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.”
Genesis 1:6 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'”
Genesis 1:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.”
Genesis 1:6 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:6 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:6 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God said, "Let there be a spread in the midst of the waters, separating waters from waters."”
Genesis 1:6 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:6 in Context — Genesis 1
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And 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.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
What Does Genesis 1:6 Mean?
Genesis 1:6 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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