Genesis 1:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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.

Common English Bible

²¹ God created the great sea animals and all the tiny living things that swarm in the waters, each according to its kind, and all the winged birds, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

English Standard Version 2016

²¹ So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21 Cross References

Genesis 1:18

and to rule over the day as well as the night, and to divide light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20

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

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 1:25

And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their species, and the cattle, and every animal on the land, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.

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 6:20

from birds, according to their kind, and from beasts, in their kind, and from among all animals on earth, according to their kind; pairs from each shall enter with you, so that they may be able to live.

Genesis 7:14

They and every animal according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and everything that moves upon the earth in their kind, and every flying thing according to its kind, all the birds and all that can fly,

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."

Genesis 8:19

Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.

Genesis 9:2

And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.

Genesis 9:7

But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it."

Job 12:7

In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you.

Job 26:5

Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.

Job 7:12

Am I an ocean or a whale, that you have encircled me in a prison?

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,

Exodus 1:7

the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.

Exodus 8:3

And the river will seethe with frogs, which will go up and enter into your house, and your bedroom, and upon your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens, and into the remains of your foods.

Ezekiel 32:2

"Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: You are like the lion of the Gentiles, and like the dragon that is in the sea. And you brandished a horn among your rivers, and you disturbed the waters with your feet, and you trampled upon their rivers.

Jonah 2:10

But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation."

Matthew 12:40

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.