Verse 20

{ "verseID": "Genesis.1.20", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְעוֹף֙ יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾĕlōhîm* *yišrĕṣû* the *mayim* *šereṣ* *nepeš* *ḥayyāh* and *ʿôp* *yĕʿôpēp* upon the *ʾāreṣ* upon *pĕnê* *rĕqîaʿ* the *šāmāyim*", "grammar": { "*yišrĕṣû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, jussive - let teem/swarm", "*šereṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - swarm/moving creature", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular construct - soul of/being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - living", "*ʿôp*": "noun, masculine singular - flying creature/bird", "*yĕʿôpēp*": "verb, polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, jussive - let fly" }, "variants": { "*yišrĕṣû*": "let teem/let swarm/let abound with", "*šereṣ*": "swarm/swarming thing/moving creature", "*nepeš*": "soul/living being/life", "*ḥayyāh*": "living/alive/animated", "*ʿôp*": "flying creature/bird/winged animal", "*yĕʿôpēp*": "let fly/let wing about/let flutter" } }

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!"

• 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.'

• 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 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.19", "source": "וַיִּצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הֽ͏ָאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה ה֥וּא שְׁמֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wayyiṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm min-hāʾăḏāmāh kol-ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh wə-ʾēṯ kol-ʿôp̄ haššāmayim wayyāḇēʾ ʾel-hāʾāḏām lirʾôṯ mah-yiqrāʾ-lô wə-ḵōl ʾăšer yiqrāʾ-lô hāʾāḏām nep̄eš ḥayyāh hûʾ šəmô*", "grammar": { "*wayyiṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*kol-ḥayyaṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, feminine, singular construct - every animal of", "*haśśāḏeh*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the field", "*wə-ʾēṯ*": "conjunction + direct object marker", "*kol-ʿôp̄*": "noun, masculine, singular construct + noun, masculine, singular construct - every bird of", "*haššāmayim*": "definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens", "*wayyāḇēʾ*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he brought", "*ʾel-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - to the man", "*lirʾôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to see", "*mah-yiqrāʾ-lô*": "interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - what he would call it", "*wə-ḵōl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular construct - and everything", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - that", "*yiqrāʾ-lô*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he would call it", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*nep̄eš*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living", "*hûʾ*": "independent personal pronoun, 3rd singular masculine - that", "*šəmô*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its name" }, "variants": { "*wayyiṣer*": "formed/fashioned/created", "*ḥayyaṯ haśśāḏeh*": "beast of the field/wild animal", "*ʿôp̄ haššāmayim*": "bird of the heavens/flying creature", "*wayyāḇēʾ*": "brought/led", "*lirʾôṯ*": "to see/to observe", "*mah-yiqrāʾ-lô*": "what he would call it/how he would name it", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living creature/living being" } }
• Ps 104:24-25 : 24 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.24", "source": "מָֽה־רַבּ֬וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה כֻּ֭לָּם בְּחָכְמָ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ קִנְיָנֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*māh*-*rabbû* *maʿaśeykā* *YHWH* *kullām* *bĕḥokmāh* *ʿāśîtā* *mālĕʾāh* *hāʾāreṣ* *qinyānekā*", "grammar": { "*māh*": "interrogative - how", "*rabbû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are many", "*maʿaśeykā*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name", "*kullām*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them", "*bĕḥokmāh*": "preposition *bě* + noun, feminine singular - in wisdom", "*ʿāśîtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you made", "*mālĕʾāh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is full", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth", "*qinyānekā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your possessions" }, "variants": { "*māh*-*rabbû*": "how many, how numerous, how abundant", "*maʿaśeykā*": "your works, your deeds, your creations", "*kullām*": "all of them, every one of them", "*ḥokmāh*": "wisdom, skill, expertise", "*ʿāśîtā*": "made, did, created, fashioned", "*mālĕʾāh*": "is full, is filled, is abundant with", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "the earth, the land, the world", "*qinyānekā*": "your possessions, your creatures, your acquisitions" } } 25 { "verseID": "Psalms.104.25", "source": "זֶ֤ה ׀ הַיָּ֥ם גָּדוֹל֮ וּרְחַ֢ב יָ֫דָ֥יִם שָֽׁם־רֶ֭מֶשׂ וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר חַיּ֥וֹת קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת עִם־גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃", "text": "*zeh* *hayyām* *gādôl* *ûrĕḥab* *yādāyim* *shām*-*remeś* *wĕʾên* *mispār* *ḥayyôt* *qĕṭannôt* *ʿim*-*gĕdōlôt*", "grammar": { "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this", "*hayyām*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sea", "*gādôl*": "adjective, masculine singular - great", "*ûrĕḥab*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and wide", "*yādāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - hands/sides", "*shām*": "adverb - there", "*remeś*": "noun, masculine singular - creeping things", "*wĕʾên*": "conjunction + particle of nonexistence - and there is no", "*mispār*": "noun, masculine singular - number", "*ḥayyôt*": "noun, feminine plural - living things", "*qĕṭannôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - small", "*ʿim*": "preposition - with", "*gĕdōlôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - large" }, "variants": { "*zeh*": "this, that", "*hayyām*": "the sea, the ocean", "*gādôl*": "great, large, vast", "*rĕḥab*": "wide, broad, spacious", "*yādāyim*": "hands, sides, extensions", "*remeś*": "creeping things, moving creatures, swarming things", "*mispār*": "number, count, quantity", "*ḥayyôt*": "living things, creatures, animals", "*qĕṭannôt*": "small, little, young", "*gĕdōlôt*": "large, great, big" } }
• Ps 148:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Psalms.148.10", "source": "הַֽחַיָּ֥ה וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֑ה רֶ֝֗מֶשׂ וְצִפּ֥וֹר כָּנָֽף׃", "text": "*Haḥayyâ* *wekol*-*behēmâ* *remeś* *weṣippôr* *kānāp*", "grammar": { "*Haḥayyâ*": "definite noun feminine singular - the wild animal", "*wekol*": "conjunction + construct noun - and all of", "*behēmâ*": "noun feminine singular - cattle/beasts", "*remeś*": "noun masculine singular - creeping thing", "*weṣippôr*": "conjunction + noun feminine singular construct - and bird of", "*kānāp*": "noun feminine singular - wing" }, "variants": { "*haḥayyâ*": "the wild animal/beast/living creature", "*behēmâ*": "cattle/livestock/domesticated animals", "*remeś*": "creeping thing/reptile/small moving creature", "*ṣippôr*": "bird/flying creature", "*kānāp*": "wing/extremity/edge" } }
• Gen 8:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Genesis.8.17", "source": "כָּל־הַחַיָּ֨ה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ֜ מִכָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר בָּע֧וֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ *הוצא **הַיְצֵ֣א אִתָּ֑ךְ וְשֽׁ͏ָרְצ֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָר֥וּ וְרָב֖וּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ", "text": "All-the-*ḥayyâ* which-with-you from-all-*bāśār* in-the-*ʿôp* and-in-the-*bəhēmâ* and-in-all-the-*remeś* the-*rōmēś* upon-the-*ʾereṣ*, *hayyəṣēʾ* with-you; and *šārəṣû* in-the-*ʾereṣ* and *pārû* and *rābû* upon-the-*ʾereṣ*", "grammar": { "*ḥayyâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the living thing/animal", "*bāśār*": "masculine singular noun - flesh", "*ʿôp*": "masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - in the bird/fowl", "*bəhēmâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article and preposition - in the livestock/cattle", "*remeś*": "masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - in the creeping thing", "*rōmēś*": "qal participle, masculine singular - creeping/moving", "*ʾereṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land", "*hayyəṣēʾ*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - bring out", "*šārəṣû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they will swarm", "*pārû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they will be fruitful", "*rābû*": "qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they will multiply" }, "variants": { "*hayyəṣēʾ*": "bring out/lead out/take out", "*šārəṣû*": "swarm/teem/multiply abundantly", "*pārû*": "be fruitful/bear fruit/reproduce", "*rābû*": "multiply/increase/become numerous" } }
• Gen 1:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.7", "source": "וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ֒ וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל בֵּ֤ין הַמַּ֙יִם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לָרָקִ֔יעַ וּבֵ֣ין הַמַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעַ֣ל לָרָקִ֑יעַ וֽ͏ַיְהִי־כֵֽן׃", "text": "And *wayyaʿaś* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾet*-the *rāqîaʿ* and *wayyabdēl* between the *mayim* which *mittaḥat* to the *rāqîaʿ* and between the *mayim* which *mēʿal* to the *rāqîaʿ* and *wayĕhî*-*kēn*", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿaś*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and made", "*wayyabdēl*": "verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and separated", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*mittaḥat*": "preposition + preposition - from under", "*lā-rāqîaʿ*": "preposition + definite article + noun - to the firmament", "*mēʿal*": "preposition - from above", "*wayĕhî-kēn*": "verb + adverb - and it was so" }, "variants": { "*wayyaʿaś*": "and made/and created/and fashioned", "*mittaḥat*": "from under/beneath", "*mēʿal*": "from above/over", "*kēn*": "so/thus/accordingly" } }
• Gen 1:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.14", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יְהִ֤י מְאֹרֹת֙ בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם לְהַבְדִּ֕יל בֵּ֥ין הַיּ֖וֹם וּבֵ֣ין הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙ וּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים וּלְיָמִ֖ים וְשָׁנִֽים׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾĕlōhîm* *yĕhî* *mĕʾōrōt* in *rĕqîaʿ* the *šāmayim* to *habdîl* between the *yôm* and between the *lāylāh* and *hāyû* for *ʾōtōt* and for *môʿădîm* and for *yāmîm* and *šānîm*", "grammar": { "*mĕʾōrōt*": "noun, masculine plural - lights/luminaries", "*bi-rĕqîaʿ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in firmament of", "*lĕ-habdîl*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to separate/divide", "*hāyû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they will be", "*lĕ-ʾōtōt*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - for signs", "*û-lĕ-môʿădîm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and for appointed times", "*û-lĕ-yāmîm*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural - and for days", "*wĕ-šānîm*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and years" }, "variants": { "*mĕʾōrōt*": "lights/luminaries/light-bearers", "*habdîl*": "to separate/to divide/to distinguish", "*ʾōtōt*": "signs/signals/markers", "*môʿădîm*": "appointed times/festivals/seasons", "*yāmîm*": "days/periods of time", "*šānîm*": "years/annual cycles" } }
• Gen 1:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.22", "source": "וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ אֹתָ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֗וּ וּמִלְא֤וּ אֶת־הַמַּ֙יִם֙ בַּיַּמִּ֔ים וְהָע֖וֹף יִ֥רֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "And *wayĕbārek* *ʾōtām* *ʾĕlōhîm* *lēʾmōr* *pĕrû* and *rĕbû* and *milʾû* *ʾet*-the *mayim* in the *yammîm* and the *ʿôp* *yireb* in the *ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*wayĕbārek*": "verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and blessed", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*pĕrû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - be fruitful", "*rĕbû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - multiply", "*milʾû*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - fill", "*ba-yammîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the seas", "*yireb*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, jussive - let multiply", "*bā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the earth" }, "variants": { "*wayĕbārek*": "and blessed/and commended/and endowed with power", "*pĕrû*": "be fruitful/bear fruit/be productive", "*rĕbû*": "multiply/increase/become numerous", "*milʾû*": "fill/make full/occupy", "*yireb*": "let multiply/let increase/let become numerous" } }
• Gen 1:30 : 30 { "verseID": "Genesis.1.30", "source": "וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּ֣ת הָ֠אָרֶץ וּלְכָל־ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה אֶת־כָּל־יֶ֥רֶק עֵ֖שֶׂב לְאָכְלָ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃", "text": "And to all-*ḥayyat* the *ʾāreṣ* and to all-*ʿôp* the *šāmayim* and to all *rômēś* upon the *ʾāreṣ* which-in-him *nepeš* *ḥayyāh* *ʾet*-all-*yereq* *ʿēśeb* for *ʾoklāh* and *wayĕhî*-*kēn*", "grammar": { "*û-lĕ-kol*": "conjunction + preposition + noun - and to all of", "*û-lĕ-kol-ʿôp*": "conjunction + preposition + noun + noun - and to all flying creature of", "*û-lĕ-kōl*": "conjunction + preposition + noun - and to all of", "*rômēś*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - creeping/moving", "*ʾăšer-bô*": "relative pronoun + preposition + 3ms suffix - which in it", "*yereq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - greenness of" }, "variants": { "*rômēś*": "creeping/moving/crawling", "*yereq*": "greenness/green plant/vegetation" } }