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.
Genesis 1:9 in other translations
| BSB | And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. |
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| WEB | God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | And God saith, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so. |
| DARBY | And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. |
| BBE | And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so. |
| Webster | And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. |
What does Genesis 1:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Ge 1:9-13. Third Day.
9. let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place--The world was to be rendered a terraqueous globe, and this was effected by a volcanic convulsion on its surface, the upheaving of some parts, the sinking of others, and the formation of vast hollows, into which the waters impetuously rushed, as is graphically described (Psa 104:6-9) [Hitchcock]. Thus a large part of the earth was left "dry land," and thus were formed oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers which, though each having its own bed, or channel, are all connected with the sea (Job 38:10; Ec 1:7).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 1:6-13
The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his service and honour they must be used. The earth, at his command, brings forth grass, herbs, and fruits. God must have the glory of all the benefit we receive from the produce of the earth. If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is…
Genesis 1:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 1:9
- 2 Peter 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:
- 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.
- Jeremiah 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 themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Psalms 95:5
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
- Ecclesiastes 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.
- Psalms 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Proverbs 8:28-29
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Psalms 104:5-9
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. …
- Job 26:10
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- Psalms 24:1-2
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
- Revelation 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 there should be time no longer:
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Context
- Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- 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.
- Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Dios: Júntense las aguas que están debajo de los cielos en un lugar, y descúbrase la seca: y fué así. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Dieu dit: Que les eaux qui sont au-dessous des cieux se rassemblent en un lieu, et que le sec paraisse. Et il fut ainsi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gott sprach: Es sammeln sich die Wasser unterhalb des Himmels an einen Ort, und es werde sichtbar das Trockene! Und es ward also. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixit vero Deus: Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum: et appareat arida. Et factum est ita. |