Genesis 1:24 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 1:24 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
תּוֹצֵ֨א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
הָאָ֜רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
נֶ֤פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
חַיָּה֙
chay
H2416
living
לְמִינָ֔הּ
mîyn
H4327
kind
בְּהֵמָ֥ה
bᵉhêmâh
H929
beast
וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ
remes
H7431
creeping things
וְחַֽיְתוֹ
chay
H2416
living
אֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
לְמִינָ֑הּ
mîyn
H4327
kind
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 bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
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King James Version Public Domain
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then God said, “Let the land bring forth living creature according to its kind: livestock and crawling creature and living thing of the earth, according to its kind.” 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).