Genesis 2:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 2:5 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 →
וְכֹ֣ל
kôl
H3605
all
שִׂ֣יחַ
sîyach
H7880
bush
הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
טֶ֚רֶם
ṭerem
H2962
before
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עֵ֥שֶׂב
ʻeseb
H6212
herb
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
טֶ֣רֶם
ṭerem
H2962
before
יִצְמָ֑ח
tsâmach
H6779
to sprout
כִּי֩
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֨א
lôʼ
H3808
not
הִמְטִ֜יר
mâṭar
H4305
to rain
יְהוָ֤ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהִים֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וְאָדָ֣ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
אַ֔יִן
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
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
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
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King James Version Public Domain
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and every shrub of the field had not yet appeared on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to work the ground.
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