Genesis 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.
KJV
Dixit vero Deus : Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum : et appareat arida. Et factum est ita.
Vulgate
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά.
LXX
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִקָּו֨וּ הַ/מַּ֜יִם מִ/תַּ֤חַת הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ אֶל מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וְ/תֵרָאֶ֖ה הַ/יַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וַֽ/יְהִי כֵֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
He continues his explanation of the first Chapter of Genesis according to the Septuagint, and by its assistance he argues, especially, concerning the double heaven, and the formless matter out of which the whole world may have been created; afterwards of the interpretations of others not disallowed, and sets forth at great length the sense of the Holy Scripture. Chapter 1 .— Th…
Water also is one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency to descend, and flows with great readiness. It is this the Holy Scripture has in view when it says, And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2 For the deep is nothing else than a …
Cross-references
- 2Pet 3:5 — For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
- 2Pet 3:5 — For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
- Eccl 1:7 — All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
- Gen 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.
- Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
- Job 26:10 — He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Job 38:10 — And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
- Jonah 1:9 — And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
- Jonah 2:10 — And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
- Luke 8:25 — And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- Prov 3:20 — By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- Prov 8:28 — When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
- Prov 8:29 — When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Ps 24:2 — For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Ps 33:7 — He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Ps 33:7 — He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Ps 95:5 — The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- Ps 95:5 — The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- Ps 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 136:6 — To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Rev 10:6 — And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that