KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 1:7
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.
Surrounding 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.
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.
10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֣עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֱלֹהִים֮H430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָרָקִיעַ֒H7549 · ra.qi.aexpanseוַיַּבְדֵּ֗לH914 · ba.dalto separateבֵּ֤יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהַמַּ֙יִם֙H4325 · ma.yimwaterאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichמִתַּ֣חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underלָרָקִ֔יעַH7549 · ra.qi.aexpanseוּבֵ֣יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהַמַּ֔יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichמֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponלָרָקִ֑יעַH7549 · ra.qi.aexpanseוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beכֵֽן׃H3651 · kenright
Cross-references
Psalm 148:4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.Proverbs 8:28-29When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!Job 38:8-11Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?Genesis 1:9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.Job 26:8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.Genesis 1:24And 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.Ecclesiastes 11:3If 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.Genesis 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.Psalm 104:10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.
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