² 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,

²³ I looked `to' the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

³⁰ Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

¹⁸ For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I `am' Jehovah, and there is none else.