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Genesis 7:16 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 7:16 NIV (New International Version)

The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:16 NLT (New Living Translation)

A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD closed the door behind them.

Genesis 7:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:16 KJV (King James Version)

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:16 NKJV (New King James Version)

So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:13-16 MSG (The Message)

That’s the day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, accompanied by his wife and his sons’ wives, boarded the ship. And with them every kind of wild and domestic animal, right down to all the kinds of creatures that crawl and all kinds of birds and anything that flies. They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs—everything and anything that had the breath of life in it, male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Then GOD shut the door behind him.

Genesis 7:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed the door behind him.

Genesis 7:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Those which entered, male and female of all flesh (creatures), entered as God had commanded Noah; and the LORD closed the door behind him.

Genesis 7:16 NET (New English Translation)

Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.