which were] In the Hebrew there is neither were nor are, but thus, [the waters which under the firmament from the waters which above the firmament] but if a word be put in for the supplement to the sense, it should be rather are then were: for to say, were above, presupposeth the division made already, whereas this out-spread thing called firmament was made that they might be divided; and by it was the division made: So that according to the sense of the place (though the Originall will beare both readings alike) the words should be read thus, the waters which are under the firmament, from the waters which are above the firmament, meaning by the firmament, the out-spread aire from the earth to the clouds; and by the waters above it, the raine bound up in clouds, Job 26:8. Psalms 18:11.