Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Cross References
Job 26:14See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 104:30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
Isaiah 45:18For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.
Nahum 2:10\2:9\Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:2-3
Genesis to Deuteronomy PREFACE Genesis to Deuteronomy Though it is most my concern, that I be able to give a good account to God and my own conscience, yet, perhaps, it will be expected that I give the world also some account of this bold undertaking; which I shall endeavour to do with all plainness, and as one who believes, that if men must be reckoned with in the great day, for every vain and idle word they speak, much more for every vain and idle line they write. And it may be of use, in the first place, to lay… Read the whole commentary →