And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

KJV

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

ESV

The earth was [a]formless and void, and darkness was over the [b]surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was [c]moving over the [d]surface of the waters.

NASB

Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

JPS 1917

when the earth was wild and waste,

darkness over the face of Ocean,

rushing-spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters—

FOX

Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.

THE MESSAGE

and the Earth had been formless [~unreal, chaos] and dormant [~void, emptiness]; (1) and darkness upon [the] face of depth [~abyss, agitation], and the spirit [~wind, breath] of God [~Divine-Power] was hovering (2) upon the face of the waters,

REB. RACHMIEL

and the earth-land | being-was | tangled-confusion | painfully-embedded | and dark-asleep | before the face | chaos-flood-waters | and spirit-breath-wind | ELOHIM | hover-nurturingly | before the face | the sea-west-waters.

DANIEL LUKAS