Genesis 1:20
Parallel Translations


NASB: Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Then God said, "Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth." (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
ASV: And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
BBE: And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.
DBY: And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
JPS: And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'
WBS: And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
WEB: God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
YLT: And God saith, 'Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

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