Genesis 2:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

Genesis 2:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 2:6 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 2:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.”

Genesis 2:6 — World English Bible

Genesis 2:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. ”

Genesis 2:6 — American Standard Version

Genesis 2:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.”

Genesis 2:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 2:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground. ”

Genesis 2:6 — Darby Translation

Genesis 2:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.”

Genesis 2:6 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 2:6 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And a mist would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.”

Genesis 2:6 — The Living Sword

Genesis 2:6 in Context — Genesis 2

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Read the full chapter: Genesis 2 — The Garden of Eden →

What Does Genesis 2:6 Mean?

Genesis 2:6 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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