Verse Comparison: Genesis 1:6
American Standard Version
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Amplified® Bible
And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].
Contemporary English Version
God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."
Darby English Version
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
Good News Bible
Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"---and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
King James Version
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
New American Standard Bible
Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
New International Version
And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water."
New King James Version
Then God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then God said, "Let there emerge an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
Revised Standard Version
And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
Young's Literal Translation
And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
