Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. Young's Literal Translation I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. King James Bible I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light. Hebrew I lookedרָאִ֙יתִי֙ (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see at the earth, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and it was formless תֹ֖הוּ (ṯō·hū) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain and empty; וָבֹ֑הוּ (wā·ḇō·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 922: A vacuity, an undistinguishable ruin [I looked] to וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the heavens, הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky and they [had] no וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle light. אוֹרָֽם׃ (’ō·w·rām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary |