Verse 20

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

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.»

• claude3.7

  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.

• 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!"

• 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 2:19 : 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them. Whatever the man called each living creature, that became its name.
• Ps 104:24-25 : 24 How many are Your works, LORD! In wisdom You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. 25 There is the vast and spacious sea, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small.
• Ps 148:10 : 10 wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,
• Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.
• Gen 1:7 : 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
• Gen 1:14 : 14 Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,
• Gen 1:22 : 22 God blessed them and said, '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 all the beasts of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.' And it was so.