Genesis 1:2

King James Version (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.

Translations

Genesis 1:2 - Amplified Bible

The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - American Standard Version

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Genesis 1:2 - Darby Bible

And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - English Standard Version

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - 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.

Genesis 1:2 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y la tierra estaba sin orden y vacìa (O, era caos y vacuidad), y las tinieblas cubrìan la superficie del abismo, y el Espìritu de Dios se movìa sobre la superficie de las aguas.

Genesis 1:2 - The Message

Genesis 1:2 - New American Standard Bible

The earth was (Or {a waste and emptiness}) formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was (Or {hovering}) moving over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

La tierra estaba sin orden y vacìa, y las tinieblas cubrìan la superficie del abismo, y el Espìritu de Dios se movìa sobre la superficie de las aguas.

Genesis 1:2 - World English Bible

Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God`s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 1:2 - Young's Living Translation

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,

Genesis 1:2 - Additional Comments

Some Christians believe the "Gap Theory", which places millions of years of geologic time (including billions of fossil animals) in between these two first verses of Genesis. The problem with this is it undermines the rest of the six days of creation, because vegetation was created the third day, the sun and the moon the fourth day, and the fish and the birds the fifth day. Life could not have existed between the first and second day. Plus, it also undermines the power of God, for it doubts that God could have created the heavens in one day by His spoken word.
And, if the Gap Theory was true, there would have been a long string of people before Adam and Eve who did not have sin (Gen 3:6-7) and who did not have to work for food (Gen 3:17-19).

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