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Selected Verse: Genesis 1:8 - Young's Literal
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 1:8 |
Young's Literal |
And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second. |
| |
King James |
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
firmament
That is, the expanse above, the "heaven" of the clouds. (Gen 7:11); (Gen 8:2). |
2 and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,