And God said, (A)“Let there be an expanse[a] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:6 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20

15 (A)“It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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    covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    (A)stretching out the heavens (B)like a tent.

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By (A)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    and by (B)the breath of his mouth all (C)their host.

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18 Can you, like him, (A)spread out the skies,
    hard as a cast metal (B)mirror?

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He (A)stretches out the north over (B)the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
He (C)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.

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For (A)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

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12 (A)It is he who (B)made the earth by his power,
    (C)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (D)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
13 (E)When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
    (F)and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
(G)He makes lightning (H)for the rain,
    (I)and he brings forth the wind (J)from his storehouses.

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to him who (A)by understanding (B)made the heavens,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
to him who (C)spread out the earth (D)above the waters,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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The Lord Will Give Salvation

12 (A)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, (B)who stretched out the heavens and (C)founded the earth and (D)formed the spirit of man within him:

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The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

19 (A)The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above[a] proclaims his handiwork.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the (A)fountains of the great deep burst forth, and (B)the windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds[a] fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:20 Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20

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