Genesis 2:7 — Compare Translations

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Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. [I Cor. 15:45-49.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. [I Cor. 15:45-49.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

English EASY 2024

Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air into the nose of the man to give him life. So the man became alive.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nose, and the man became a living thing.

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.

English God's Word - GW 1995

And the Lord God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

English KJV 1611

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

English LSB

Then Yahweh God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the man became a living being.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.

English NIV

the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

English NKJ 1982

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

English NLT

And the LORD God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Yahweh -God scooped up a lump of soil, sculpted a man, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The man came alive—a living soul!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The time came when the Lord God formed a man's body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And man became a living person.

English Tyndale 1537

Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mould of the earth and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.