Verse 20

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gud sa: «La vannet myldre av levende skapninger, og fugler skal fly over jorden på himmelhvelvingen.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Gud sa: La vannet vrimle av levende skapninger, og fugler fly over jorden under himmelens hvelving.

• Norsk King James

  Og Gud sa: La vannene frembringe mange livsformer, og la fugler som kan fly høyt over jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gud sa: La vannet vrimle med levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden, på himmelhvelvingen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gud sa: «La vannet vrimle av levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden, under himmelhvelvingen.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gud sa: «Vannet skal vrimle av levende skapninger, og fugler skal fly over jorden, under himmelhvelvingen.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Gud sa: «La vannene bugne av levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden under himmelhvelvet.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Gud sa: «Vannet skal vrimle av levende skapninger, og fugler skal fly over jorden, under himmelhvelvingen.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gud sa: "La vannet vrimle av levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden på himmelhvelvingens overflate!"

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gud sa: «La vannet vrimle med liv, og la fugler fly over jorden, over himmelhvelvingen.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gud sagde: Vandet udgive mangfoldigen vrimlende Dyr, (som have) levende Sjæle; og Fugle skulle flyve over Jorden, imod Himmelens udstrakte Befæstnings Overdeel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Gud sa: «La vannene myldre med levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden, høyt oppe under himmelhvelvingen.»

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gud sa: "La vannet vrimle av levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden under himmelhvelvingen."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gud sa: «La vannene vrimle av liv, og la fugler fly over jorden under himmelvelvingen.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gud sa: "Vannet vrimle med liv, og fugler skal fly over jorden på himmelhvelvingen."

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gud sa: «La vannene vrimle av levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden under himmelhvelvingen.»

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move and have lyfe and foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (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.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:7 : 7 And made God the expanse, and divided between the waters which were under the expanse and between the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.
• Gen 1:14 : 14 And said God, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.
• Gen 1:22 : 22 And blessed them God, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.
• Gen 1:30 : 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which is living breath, every green plant for food. And it was so.