GEN 1:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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ULT Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the sky.”

UST Then God said, “I command there to be large groups of water animals that live everywhere in the water. I also command there to be birds that fly in the sky above the earth.”

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

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

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

NET God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

LSV And God says, “Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and let [the] bird fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.”

FBV God said, “Let the waters be full of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the sky.”

T4T Then God said, “I want many creatures to live in all the oceans, and I also want birds to fly in the sky above the earth.”

LEB And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome[fn] of heaven.[fn]

?:? Or “expanse”

?:? Or “the sky”

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.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

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.'

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.

DRA 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.

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.'

DBY And [fn]God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

1.20 Elohim

RV 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.

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.

KJB 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.[fn][fn][fn][fn]
(And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath/has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.)

1.20 moving: or, creeping

1.20 life: Heb. soul

1.20 fowl…: Heb. let fowl fly

1.20 open…: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

BB And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
(And God said: let the waters bring forth moving creature that hath/has life, and fowl/bird(s) that may flee upon the earth in the open firmament of heaven.)

GNV 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.
(Afterward God said, Let the waters bring forth in abundance every creeping thing that hath/has life: and let the fowl/bird(s) flie upon the earth in the open firmament of the heaven. )

CB And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.
(And God said: let the waters bring forth creatures that move and have life, and fowls/birds for to flee above the earth under the firmamet of heaven.)

WYC Also God seide, The watris brynge forth a `crepynge beeste of lyuynge soule, and a brid fleynge aboue erthe vndur the firmament of heuene.
(Also God said, The waters bring forth a `crepynge beast/animal of living soule, and a brid fleynge above earth under the firmament of heaven.)

LUT Und GOtt sprach: Es errege sich das Wasser mit webenden und lebendigen Tieren und mit Gevögel, das auf Erden unter der Feste des Himmels fliege.
(And God spoke: It errege itself/yourself/themselves the water with webenden and lifedigen Tieren and with Gevögel, the on earthn under the Feste the heavens fliege.)

CLV Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.[fn]
(Dixit also God: Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, and volatile super the_earth/land under firmamento cæli.)

1.20 Dixit etiam Deus, etc. BEDA, ubi supra. Post ornatam quarto die cœli faciem luminaribus, ornantur suis animalibus die quinto inferiores mundi partes, aqua scilicet et ær. Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquæ reptile, etc. AUG., lib. II de Gen. ad litt., ex c. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6, tom. 3 Oportebat in creandis habitatoribus inferioris partis, etc., usque ad Quod intelligendum non est nisi in aquarum naturam pinguioris æris qualitate conversos. Animæ viventis. AUG., ibid., c. 8 Id est, quæ sunt in animabus vivis, sicut dicitur: Ignobilia hominum, id est, qui sunt in hominibus ignobiles. Quod quidam propter tarditatem sensus putant dictum esse vel quia pisces nullius sint memoriæ; sed certissimum est eos habere memoriam. AUG., ubi supra, c. 3, 4 De conversione elementorum quæstio est. Alii dicunt omnia posse converti in omnia, etc., usque ad quod enim tactu aquas, ventosque sentimus; hinc est quod solida terra omnibus elementis miscetur, sed in his crassioribus sentitur amplius. Sub firmamento, etc. Etsi immenso interjacente spatio, volant tamen aves sub sidereo cœlo, quæ super terram volant: sicut homines qui in terra sunt, sub cœlo esse dicuntur. Alia translatio: Secus firmamentum cœli, quia vicina sunt ætheri spatia hujus æris qui aves subvehit. AUG., de Gen. ad litt., l, 3, c. 9, 10, tom. 3, col. 284 Notandum quosdam philosophos ita sua cuilibet elemento distribuisse animalia, etc., usque ad caliginosa tamen æris loca tenere tantum permissi sunt, qui eis quasi carcer sit usque ad tempus judicii.

1.20 Dixit also God, etc. BEDA, where supra. Post ornatam quarto die cœli faciem luminaribus, ornantur to_his_own animalibus die quinto inferiores mundi partes, water scilicet and ær. Dixit also God: Producant aquæ reptile, etc. AUG., lib. II about Gen. to litt., ex c. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, tom. 3 Oportebat in creandis habitatoribus inferioris partis, etc., usque to That intelligendum not/no it_is nisi in waterrum naturam pinguioris æris qualitate conversos. Animæ viventis. AUG., ibid., c. 8 Id it_is, which are in animabus vivis, like it_is_said: Ignobilia hominum, id it_is, who are in hominibus ignobiles. That quidam propter tarditatem sensus putant dictum esse or because pisces nullius sint memoriæ; but certissimum it_is them habere memoriam. AUG., where supra, c. 3, 4 De conversione elementorum quæstio est. Alii dicunt everything posse converti in everything, etc., usque to that because tactu waters, ventosque sentimus; hinc it_is that solida earth/land omnibus elementis miscetur, but in his crassioribus sentitur amplius. Under firmamento, etc. Etsi immenso interyacente spatio, volant tamen aves under sidereo cœlo, which super the_earth/land volant: like homines who in earth/land are, under cœlo esse dicuntur. Alia translatio: Secus firmamentum cœli, because vicina are ætheri spatia huyus æris who aves subvehit. AUG., about Gen. to litt., l, 3, c. 9, 10, tom. 3, col. 284 Notandum quosdam philosophos ita his_own cuilibet elemento distribuisse animalia, etc., usque to caliginosa tamen æris loca tenere only permissi are, who eis as_if carcer sit usque to tempus yudicii.

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

1:20 Lit. of living souls.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν, καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.
(Kai eipen ho Theos, exagagetō ta hudata herpeta psuⱪōn zōsōn, kai peteina petomena epi taʸs gaʸs kata to stereōma tou ouranou; kai egeneto houtōs. )

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