Genesis 1:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.”

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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.”

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."

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.

Genesis 1:20 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,

Genesis 1:19

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea monsters 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 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

Genesis 2:19

So out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Genesis 7:21

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, birds, cattle, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth, and every man;

Genesis 8:17

Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.”

1 Kings 4:33

He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.

Job 12:9

Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

Psalm 148:10

Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!

Ecclesiastes 2:21

because sometimes a man who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by a man who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Leviticus 11:42

Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Leviticus 11:43

You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms; and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean.

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.