Genesis 1:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

English EASY 2024

So God made this wide space. He made the water under the space separate from the water that was above it. What God said happened.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So God made the space and separated the water. Some of the water was above it, and some of the water was below it.

And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

English God's Word - GW 1995

And so it was. God made this space to separate the waters above from the waters below.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

God made the dome, and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

And that's exactly what happened. God made the huge space between the waters. He separated the water that was under the space from the water that was above it.

English NIV

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so.

English NKJ 1982

Thus 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.

English NLT

And so it was. God made this space to separate the waters above from the waters below.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He made the dome and called it “Sky,” and separated the water above the dome from the water below the dome. Evening gave way to morning—day two.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So God made the sky, dividing the vapor above from the water below.

English Tyndale 1537

Then God made the firmament and parted the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament: And it was so.