Genesis 1:20

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly moving creatures that have life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open expansion of the heaven.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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.'

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Webster Bible ☆

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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Then God said, ‘Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open dome of the sky.’

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Then God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open dome of the sky.”

Revised Version ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

And the Lord said, Let the waters generate the moving creature (having) life; and the fowl which flieth over the earth on the face of the expanse of heaven.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

World English Bible ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

Also God seide, The watris brynge forth a `crepynge beeste of lyuynge soule, and a brid fleynge aboue erthe vndur the firmament of heuene.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth an abundance of living creatures, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open raki'a of heaven.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَقَالَ ٱللهُ: «لِتَفِضِ ٱلْمِيَاهُ زَحَّافَاتٍ ذَاتَ نَفْسٍ حَيَّةٍ، وَلْيَطِرْ طَيْرٌ فَوْقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ عَلَى وَجْهِ جَلَدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

တစ်​ဖန်​ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင်​က``ရေ​ထဲ​၌​သက်​ရှိ​သတ္တ ဝါ​အ​မျိုး​မျိုး​ဖြစ်​ပွား​စေ၊ လေ​ထဲ​၌​လည်း​ငှက် များ​ပျံ​ဝဲ​စေ'' ဟု​အ​မိန့်​ပေး​သည့်​အ​တိုင်း​ရေ သတ္တ​ဝါ​နှင့်​ငှက်​သတ္တ​ဝါ​များ​ဖြစ်​ပွား​လာ ကြ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

တဖန် ဘုရား သခင်က အသက် ရှင်၍ လှုပ်ရှားတတ်သော တိရစ္ဆာန် တို့ကို ရေ သည်များပြား စွာ မွေးဘွားစေ။ ငှက် တို့လည်း မြေ ပေါ် မိုဃ်းကောင်းကင် မျက်နှာကြက် ပြင် ဝယ်ပျံ စေဟု အမိန့်တော်ရှိ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Sithaw mah, tui thungah Hinghaih katawn, kangtawt thaih moi congca to om nasoe loe, long ranui ah kaom kawk parai van hma ah tavaanawk to azawk o nasoe, tiah thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te phoeiah Pathen loh, “Rhulcai mulhing hinglu te tui loh luem puei saeh lamtah diklai hman boeih vaan bangyai hmai ah vaa ding saeh,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te phoeiah Pathen loh, “Rhulcai mulhing hinglu te tui loh luem puei saeh lamtah diklai hman boeih vaan bangyai hmai ah vaa ding saeh,” a ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

神说：「水要多多滋生有生命的物；要有雀鸟飞在地面以上，天空之中。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

上帝說：「水要多多滋生有生命的物；要有雀鳥飛在地面以上，天空之中。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

上帝说：“水中要充满有生命的活物，鸟要在地以上、天空的穹苍中飞翔。”

Croatian Bible ☆

I reče Bog: “Nek' povrvi vodom vreva živih stvorova, i ptice nek' polete nad zemljom, svodom nebeskim!” I bi tako.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Řekl ještě Bůh: Vydejte vody hmyz duše živé v hojnosti, a

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Derpå sagde Gud: “Vandet vrimle med en Vrimmel af levende Væsener, og Fugle flyve over Jorden oppe under Himmelhvælvingen!” Og således skete det:

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En God zeide: Dat de wateren overvloediglijk voortbrengen een gewemel van levende zielen; en het gevogelte vliege boven de aarde, in het uitspansel des hemels!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

God sprak: Laat het water krioelen van levend gewemel, en over de aarde de vogels vliegen langs het hemelgewelf.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj Dio diris: La akvo aperigu moviĝantaĵojn, vivajn estaĵojn, kaj birdoj ekflugu super la tero, sub la ĉiela firmaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et Dieu dit : Que les eaux foisonnent d’un fourmillement d’êtres vivants, et que les oiseaux volent au-dessus de la terre devant l’étendue des cieux.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Puis Dieu dit: Que les eaux produisent en abondance des êtres vivants; et que des oiseaux volent sur la terre devant l'étendue des cieux.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Dieu dit: Que les eaux produisent en abondance des animaux vivants, et que des oiseaux volent sur la terre vers l’étendue du ciel.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Dieu dit : « Que les eaux foisonnent d'une multitude d'êtres vivants, et que des oiseaux volent au-dessus de la terre dans l'étendue du ciel. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und Gott sprach: Es wimmeln die Wasser vom Gewimmel lebendiger Wesen, und Gevögel fliege über der Erde angesichts der Ausdehnung des Himmels!

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und Gott sprach: Es errege sich das Wasser mit webenden und lebendigen Tieren, und Gevögel fliege auf Erden unter der Feste des Himmels.

German Textbibel ☆

Da sprach Gott: Es wimmle das Wasser von Gewimmel lebendiger Wesen, und Vögel sollen über der Erde hinfliegen an der Veste des Himmels.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und Gott sprach: Das Wasser soll wimmeln von einer Fülle lebendiger Wesen, und es sollen Vögel fliegen über die Erde, an der Himmelsfeste dahin!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεός· ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν, καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Bondye di ankò. Se pou dlo yo kale anpil anpil bèt vivan. Se pou zwazo vole nan syèl la anwo tè a. Se konsa sa te pase.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I iho la ke Akua, E hoohua nui mai na wai i na mea ola e holo ana, a me na manu e lele ae maluna o ka honua, ma ka lewa akea o ka lani.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְעֹוף֙ יְעֹופֵ֣ף עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר אלהים ישרצו המים שרץ נפש חיה ועוף יעופף על הארץ על פני רקיע השמים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Poi Iddio disse: Producano le acque copiosamente rettili, che sieno animali viventi; e volino gli uccelli sopra la terra, e per la distesa del cielo.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poi Dio disse: “Producano le acque in abbondanza animali viventi, e volino degli uccelli sopra la terra per l’ampia distesa del cielo”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

神は言われた。「水は生き物の群れで満ちあふれよ。また、鳥は地の上、天の大空を飛べ。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

하나님이 가라사대 물들은 생물로 번성케 하라 땅 위 하늘의 궁창에는 새가 날으라 하시고

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na God El fahk, “Lela inkof uh in nwanala ke kain in ma moul puspis, ac lela yen engyeng uh in sessesla ke won.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.

Ngarrindjeri Scriptures ☆

Yarnin itye Gedowe; Bahrekar pund el, elour an miningkar, malkin ar tumbewallin, pulyerar ngartin warre wyirrewar.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و خدا گفت: «آبها به انبوه جانوران پر شودو پرندگان بالای زمین بر روی فلک آسمان پروازکنند.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Disse Deus: “Que as águas fervilhem de criaturas vivas, e que as aves voem sobre a terra no firmamento aberto do céu.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E disse Deus: Produzam as águas répteis de alma vivente, e aves que voem sobre a terra, na expansão aberta dos céus.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Şi Dumnezeu a spus: Apele să dea abundent fiinţa mişcătoare care are viaţă şi păsări să zboare deasupra pământului pe faţa întinderii cerului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Думнезеу а зис: „Сэ мишуне апеле де вецуитоаре ши сэ збоаре пэсэрь дясупра пэмынтулуй пе ынтиндеря черулуй.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Бог: да произведет вода пресмыкающихся, душу живую; и птицы да полетят над землею, по тверди небесной. И стало так.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Potom reče Bog: Neka vrve po vodi žive duše, i ptice neka lete iznad zemlje pod svod nebeski.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Потом рече Бог: Нека врве по води живе душе, и птице нека лете изнад земље под свод небески.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nnâmahanga aderha, erhi: «Amîshi gadudûsemwo ebizîne n’ebinyunyi bibalale enyanya ly’igulu, embere z’ecirêre c’amalunga».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas reptil de ánima viviente, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos.

Spanish BLL ☆

Dios dijo: “Que las aguas se llenen de seres vivos, y que las aves vuelen sobre la tierra en la abierta expansión del cielo”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Dios dijo: «Produzcan las aguas seres vivientes en abundancia, y vuelen las aves sobre la tierra en el ancho firmamento del cielo».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y dijo Dios: Las aguas produzcan seres vivientes, y las aves vuelen sobre la tierra debajo del arco del cielo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces ʼElohim dijo: Llénense las aguas seres vivientes y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra en la expansión de los cielos.

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Revised West Version ☆

¶ Pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻOtua, “Ke tupu ʻo lahi ʻaupito mei he ngaahi vai ʻae meʻa moʻui ʻoku totolo, mo e fanga manupuna ke puna ʻi he funga ʻo māmani, ʻi he ʻatā ʻoe langi.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І рече Бог: Заграйте, води, душами живими, і полинь, птаство, над землею попід небесною твердю.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І рече Бог: Заграйте, води, душами живими, і полинь, птаство, над землею попід небесною твердю.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đức Chúa Trời lại phán rằng: Nước phải sanh các vật sống cho nhiều, và các loài chim phải bay trên mặt đất trong khoảng không trên trời.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְעוֹף֙ יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃