11 translations · Hebrew
Genesis 1:26
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Genesis 1:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
- KJV King James Version
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And God says, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- God said, “Let us make human beings in our image who are like us. They will have authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over the whole of the earth and every creature that moves on it.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | said | H559 אָמַר to say |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Then God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה | na·‘ă·śeh | Let Us make | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| אָדָ֛ם | ’ā·ḏām | man | H120 אָדָם man |
| בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ | bə·ṣal·mê·nū | in Our image | H6754 צֶ֫לֶם image |
| כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ | kiḏ·mū·ṯê·nū | after Our likeness | H1823 דְּמוּת likeness |
| וְיִרְדּוּ֩ | wə·yir·dū | to rule | H7287 רָדָה to rule |
| בִדְגַ֨ת | ḇiḏ·ḡaṯ | over the fish | H1710 דָּגָה fish |
| הַיָּ֜ם | hay·yām | of the sea | H3220 יָם sea |
| וּבְע֣וֹף | ū·ḇə·‘ō·wp̄ | and the birds | H5775 עוֹף bird |
| הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | of the air | H8064 שָׁמַיִם heaven |
| וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ | ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh | over the livestock | H929 בְּהֵמָה animal |
| וּבְכָל־ | ū·ḇə·ḵāl | and over all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | the earth itself | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| וּבְכָל־ | ū·ḇə·ḵāl | and every | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ | hā·re·meś | creature | H7431 רֶ֫מֶשׂ creeping |
| הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ | hā·rō·mêś | that crawls | H7430 רָמַשׂ to creep |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | upon | H5921 עַל upon |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | [it] | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
Related verses
- Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
- Ephesians 4:24
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- Psalm 8:4–8
what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: …
- Genesis 3:22
Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”
- Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
- Psalm 100:3
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- Genesis 9:2–4
The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand. Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
- Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
24 God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.
25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26 God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Read all of Genesis 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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