^6–7^*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.

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*1.6–8: 2 P 3:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So God made the vaulted dome, and he caused a separation between the waters which were under the vaulted dome and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome. And it was so.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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