20God said, |Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.|


In Context

17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

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 swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of 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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20God 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.