Genesis 1:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And then God said, "Let the waters produce animals with a living soul, and flying creatures above the earth, under the firmament of heaven."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly and swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ God said, “Let the waters swarm with living things, and let birds fly above the earth up in the dome of the sky.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ God 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.

English Standard Version 2016

²⁰ And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

Genesis 1:20 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God said: "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.

Genesis 1:19

And it became evening and morning, the fourth day.

Genesis 1:21

And God created the great sea creatures, and everything with a living soul and the ability to move that the waters produced, according to their species, and all the flying creatures, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22

And he blessed them, saying: "Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. And let the birds be multiplied above the land."

Genesis 1:30

and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed." And so it became.

Genesis 1:7

And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.

Genesis 2:19

Therefore, the Lord God, having formed from the soil all the animals of the earth and all the flying creatures of the air, brought them to Adam, in order to see what he would call them. For whatever Adam would call any living creature, that would be its name.

Genesis 7:21

And all flesh was consumed which moved upon the earth: flying things, animals, wild beasts, and all moving things that crawl upon the ground. And all men,

Genesis 8:17

Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it."

1 Kings 4:33

And he discoursed about trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, to the hyssop which grows out from the wall. And he explained about beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fish.

Job 12:9

Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?

Psalm 148:10

wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.

Leviticus 11:42

Whatever advances by four feet upon the chest, or that has many feet, or that drags across the soil, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

Leviticus 11:43

Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.

Acts 17:25

Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.