6God said, |Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.|


In Context

3 God said, |Let there be light,| and there was light.

4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

5 God called the light |day,| and the darkness he called |night.| There was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 God said, |Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.|

7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8 God called the expanse |sky.| There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.