Genesis 1:20
Berean Standard Bible (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.”
In context
18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Genesis 1:20 in every translation
- BSB 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.”
- KJV 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.
- WEB 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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY 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.
- WBS 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.