Genesis 1:2 KJV

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.

Scofield Notes

  • without form and voidJer 4:23–27; Isa 24:1; Isa 45:18 clearly indicate that the earth had undergone a cataclysmic change as the result of divine judgment. The face of the earth...

Matthew Henry

  • God creates heaven and earthThe first verse of the Bible gives us a satisfying and useful account of the origin of the earth and the heavens. The faith of humble Christians understands...

Thompson Chains

  • DarknessStarts here · next Genesis 1:18 · 8 links
  • The DeepStarts here · next Psalms 42:7 · 7 links

Parallel Passages

  • Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Jeremiah 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
  • Psalms 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
  • Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

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  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Strong’s Numbers

  • And the earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets
  • was הָיָה hâyâh
  • without form תֹּהוּ tôhûw
  • and void בֹּהוּ bôhûw
  • and darkness חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
  • upon the face פָּנִים pânîym
  • of the deep תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
  • And the Spirit רוּחַ rûwach
  • of God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
  • moved רָחַף râchaph
  • upon עַל ʻal
  • the face פָּנִים pânîym
  • of the waters מַיִם mayim

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