Genesis 1:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.”
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“So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 1:21 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 6:20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
- Genesis 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 8:19Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
- Genesis 9:7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
- Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 8:3The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- Job 12:7But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- Job 26:5The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
- Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Psalms 104:25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
- Psalms 148:7Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
- Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
- Jonah 1:17Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Jonah 2:10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
- Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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