Gen 1:2 | HCSB | STEP | Now the earth was formless and empty , darkness covered the surface of the watery depths , and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters .

Genesis 1:2

2 Now the earth was ^{▼▼Or When God began to create the sky and the earth, (2) the earth was} formless and empty, ^b darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. ^c