Genesis 1:2
 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.

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.

Young's Literal 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 Translations
Geneva Study Bible

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

(b) As an unformed lump and without any creature in it: for the waters covered everything.

(c) Darkness covered the deep waters, for the waters covered everything.

(d) He maintained this disordered mass by his secret power.


Scofield Reference Notes

Earth made waste and empty by judgment (Jer 4:23-26)

[3] without form and void

Jer 4:23-27 Isa 24:1 45:18 clearly indicate that the earth had undergone a cataclysmic change as the result of divine judgment. The face of the earth bears everywhere the marks of such a catastrophe. There are not wanting indications which connect it with a previous testing and fall of angels.

See Ezek 28:12-15 Isa 14:9-14 which certainly go beyond the kings of Tyre and Babylon.

Margin the Spirit

Holy Spirit, Gen 6:3. (Gen 1:2; Mal 2:15)

Margin Spirit

Job 26:13. Ps 104:30.

Genesis 1:2 Parallel Commentaries
Dark Darkness Deep Earth Empty Existed Face Fluttering Form Formless God's Hovered Hovering Moved Moving Spirit Surface Unformed Void Waste Waters
Dark Darkness Deep Earth Empty Existed Face Fluttering Form Formless God's Hovered Hovering Moved Moving Spirit Surface Unformed Void Waste Waters
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2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Job 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Psalm 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Psalm 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Psalm 136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: