Genesis 2:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 2:9 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 →
וַיַּצְמַ֞ח
tsâmach
H6779
to sprout
יְהוָ֤ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהִים֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
מִן
min
H4480
from
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
עֵ֛ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
נֶחְמָ֥ד
châmad
H2530
to desire
לְמַרְאֶ֖ה
marʼeh
H4758
sight
וְט֣וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
לְמַאֲכָ֑ל
maʼăkâl
H3978
food
וְעֵ֤ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
הַֽחַיִּים֙
chay
H2416
living
בְּת֣וֹךְ
tâvek
H8432
midst
הַגָּ֔ן
gan
H1588
garden
וְעֵ֕ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
הַדַּ֖עַת
daʻath
H1847
knowledge
ט֥וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
וָרָֽע
raʻ
H7451
evil
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
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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King James Version Public Domain
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh God had made to grow from the ground every tree is pleasant to the sight and good for food, and the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).