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Genesis 1:20 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 1:20 NIV (New International Version)

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

Genesis 1:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

Genesis 1:20 NLT (New Living Translation)

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”

Genesis 1:20 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

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

Genesis 1:20 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.

Genesis 1:20 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.”

Genesis 1:20-23 MSG (The Message)

God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!” God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!” It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.

Genesis 1:20 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - 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.”

Genesis 1:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”

Genesis 1:20 NET (New English Translation)

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