Genesis 1:2

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In Context

1In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth —

3and God saith, 'Let light be;' and light is.

Read all of Genesis 1

Cross References

Job 26:14Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

Psalms 104:30Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

Isaiah 45:18For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it — not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: 'I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else.

Nahum 2:10She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 1:2