Genesis 1:20
World English Bible (WEB)
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
In context
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Genesis 1:20 in every translation
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.