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27 When he established the heavens, there was I,(A)
    when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
28 When he made firm the skies above,
    when he fixed fast the springs of the deep;

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27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(A)
    when he marked out the horizon(B) on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above(C)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(D)

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They deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water and through water[a] by the word of God;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:5 Formed out of water and through water: Gn 1:2, 6–8 is reflected as well as Greek views that water was the basic element from which all is derived.

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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