Genesis 1:11 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 1:11 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֱלֹהִ֗ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א
dâshâʼ
H1876
to sprout
הָאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
דֶּ֔שֶׁא
desheʼ
H1877
grass
עֵ֚שֶׂב
ʻeseb
H6212
herb
מַזְרִ֣יעַ
zâraʻ
H2232
to sow
זֶ֔רַע
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
עֵ֣ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
פְּרִ֞י
pᵉrîy
H6529
fruit
עֹ֤שֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
פְּרִי֙
pᵉrîy
H6529
fruit
לְמִינ֔וֹ
mîyn
H4327
kind
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
זַרְעוֹ
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
ב֖וֹ
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וַֽיְהִי
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כֵֽן
kên
H3651
thus
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
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King James Version Public Domain
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then God said, “Let the land sprout vegetation: plant yielding seed, fruit tree bearing fruit according to its kind, that its seed inside it, on the earth.” And it was so.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).