Genesis 1:20

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

Genesis 1:20 in Other Translations

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.

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. ”

20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”

20 God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"

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.

20 Then God said, "Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth."

20 Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

20 God said, "Let the waters be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky."

Genesis 1:20 In-Context

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

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 146:6
• 2. Genesis 2:19