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Genesis 1:8–9

And God called the expanse Heaven.3 And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God said, g“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

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Genesis 1:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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 1:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

God called the space “sky.”

And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.

Genesis 1:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

Genesis 1:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

God named the air “sky.” Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear.” And it happened.

Genesis 1:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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.

Genesis 1:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning—a second day.

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.

Genesis 1:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

God named ⸤what was above⸥ the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning—a second day. 

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky come together in one area, and let the dry land appear.” And so it was.

Genesis 1:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And God called the vaulted dome “heaven.” And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God called the huge space “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning. It was day two.

God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place. Let dry ground appear.” And that’s exactly what happened.

Genesis 1:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.


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