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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר אלהים--ישרצו המים שרץ נפש חיה ועוף יעופף על הארץ על פני רקיע השמים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr Alhym--ySHrTSv hmym SHrTS npSH KHyh v`vp y`vpp `l hArTS `l pny rqy` hSHmym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dixit etiam Deus producant aquae reptile animae viventis et volatile super terram sub firmamento caeli

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
New King James Version   
Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.”
21st Century King James Version   
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Darby Bible Translation   
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
God's Word   
Then God said, "Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
International Standard Version   
Then God said, "Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!"
NET Bible   
God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
New American Standard Bible   
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
New International Version   
And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky."
New Living Translation   
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind."
Webster's Bible Translation   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
The World English Bible   
God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
EasyEnglish Bible   
God said, ‘The waters will become full with many living things. Birds will appear and fly above the earth, all across the sky.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
New Life Version   
Then God said, “Let the waters be full of living things. Let birds fly above the earth in the open space of the heavens.”
The Voice Bible   
God: Waters, swarm with fish and sea creatures. Let birds soar high above the earth in the broad expanse of sky.
Living Bible   
Then God said, “Let the waters teem with fish and other life, and let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
New Catholic Bible   
God said, “Let the waters be filled with living creatures and let birds fly above the earth in the firmament of the heavens.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the heavens.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth great quantities of creatures with living souls and fowl that may fly above the earth upon the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Christian Standard Bible   
Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly and swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.
New Century Version   
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with living things, and let birds fly in the air above the earth.”
The Message   
God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!” God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!” It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
God said, “Let the waters swarm with living creatures, and let birds and other winged creatures fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”
Good News Translation®   
Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.”
Wycliffe Bible   
Also God said (And God said), The waters bring forth a reptile, either a creeping beast, of living soul, and a volatile, either a bird flying above [the] earth, under the firmament of (the) heaven(s).
Contemporary English Version   
God said, “I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
God said, “Let the waters swarm with living things, and let birds fly above the earth up in the dome of the sky.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then God said: Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.
New American Standard Bible   
Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
The Expanded Bible   
Then God said, “Let the water ·be filled with living things [L swarm with living creatures], and let birds fly in the ·air [L firmament/dome/expanse] above the earth.”
Tree of Life Version   
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures! Let flying creatures fly above the land across the expanse of the sky.”
Revised Standard Version   
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens.”
New International Reader's Version   
God said, “Let the seas be filled with living things. Let birds fly above the earth across the huge space of the sky.”
BRG Bible   
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible   
God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open dome of the sky.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth an abundance of living creatures, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open raki’a of heaven.
Names of God Bible   
Then Elohim said, “Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth.”
Modern English Version   
Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures and let the birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things, and let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
International Children’s Bible   
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with living things. And let birds fly in the air above the earth.”
Lexham English Bible   
And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.
New International Version - UK   
And God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’