Genesis 1:6
¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. Expansion.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 136.5. ier. 10.12 and 51.15.
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- Jeremiah 51:15Rank 1 from verse 6
- Psalms 33:6Rank 3 from verse 6
- Job 26:7–8Rank 4 from verse 6
7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
7He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.
8Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them.
- Jeremiah 10:12–13Rank 5 from verse 6
12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
12*Hee hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauens by his discretion.
13‖‖When he vttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heauens, and hee causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: hee maketh lightnings with raine, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Psalms 104:2Rank 6 from verse 6
- Psalms 148:4Rank 7 from verse 6
- Psalms 136:5–6Rank 8 from verse 6
5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
5*To him that by wisedome made the heauens: for his mercy endureth for euer.
6*To him that stretched out the earth aboue the waters: for his mercy endureth for euer.
- Psalms 33:9Rank 9 from verse 6
- Psalms 19:1Rank 10 from verse 6
- Zechariah 12:1Rank 11 from verse 6
1THE burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
1¶ The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth foorth the Heauens, and laith the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
- Genesis 1:20Rank 12 from verse 6
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
20And God said, *Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the ‖mouing creature that hath †life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the †open firmament of heauen.
- Psalms 150:1Rank 13 from verse 6
- Genesis 7:11–12Rank 14 from verse 6
11¶ 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.
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
11¶ In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the ‖windowes of heauen were opened.
12And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3Rank 17 from verse 6
3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
3If the clouds be full of raine, they emptie themselues vpon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
- Genesis 1:14Rank 18 from verse 6
14¶ 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:
14¶ And God said, Let there bee *lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide †the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
- Job 38:22–26Rank 19 from verse 6
22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
22Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snowe? or hast thou seene the treasures of the haile,
23Which I haue reserued against the time of trouble, against the day of battaile and warre?
24By what way is the light parted? which scattereth the East wind vpon the earth.
25Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder,
26To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man?
- Jeremiah 10:10Rank 20 from verse 6
10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
10††But the LORD is the true God, he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his wrath the earth shal tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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Genesis 1:6
The one true God.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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An expanse spread out above.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To apportion, distribute, share, or allot. 2. To separate or distinguish into parts, sides, groups, or portions.
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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:1¶ In *the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.
1:2And 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.
1:2And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:3And God said, *Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
1:6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
Selected passage1:7And 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.
1:7And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.
1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:8And God called the *firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.
1:9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:9¶ And God said, *Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.
1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:11And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth †grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the earth: and it was so.
1:12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:13And the euening and the morning were the third day.
1:14¶ 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:
1:14¶ And God said, Let there bee *lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide †the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:16And God made two great lights: the greater light †to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:18And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:19And the euening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1:20And God said, *Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the ‖mouing creature that hath †life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the †open firmament of heauen.
1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:21And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:23And the euening and the morning were the fift day.
1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: and it was so.
1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1:26¶ And God said, *Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.
1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1:27So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; *male and female created hee them.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be for meat:
1:30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1:30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is †life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.
1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
1:31And *God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2:1¶ Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
2:2*And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, which he had made.
2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
2:3And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God †created and made.