Genesis 1:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teem, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Other Translations

  • Norsk KJV Mar 2025

    And created God the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which swarmed the waters, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. And saw God that it was good.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every wind fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyve and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes ad all maner of federed foules in their kyndes. And God sawe that it was good:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng & mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, & euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:24-26 : 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. 26 There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
  • Gen 1:25 : 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
  • Gen 6:20 : 20 From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, and from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
  • Gen 7:14 : 14 They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came.
  • 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 8:19 : 19 Every living thing, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark, family by family.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply upon it.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Exod 8:3 : 3 But the magicians did the same with their secret arts, and they also brought up frogs over the land of Egypt.
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?
  • Job 26:5 : 5 The dead tremble beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
  • Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, 'You consider yourself like a young lion among the nations, but you are like a sea monster in the seas; you thrash about in your rivers, stir the waters with your feet, and muddy their streams.'
  • Jonah 2:10 : 10 But I, with shouts of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. What I have vowed I will fulfill. Salvation comes from the LORD.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
  • Gen 1:18 : 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'

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    22God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

    23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

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  • Gen 1:9-12
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    9Then God said, 'Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so.

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    12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

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    25There is the vast and spacious sea, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both large and small.

    26There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

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    14They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came.

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    19Now 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.

  • Gen 1:30-31
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    30And 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.

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    19Every living thing, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark, family by family.

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    10wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,

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    6Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'

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    20From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, and from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

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    10and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the creatures of the earth—that came out of the ark with you, every living thing on the earth.

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    17Bring 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.

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    21Every living creature that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

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    17Or in the form of any animal on the earth, or any bird that flies in the sky,

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    15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.

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

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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    1God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'

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  • Lev 11:15
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