Genesis 9:7 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.`
English ASV
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
English Amplified
And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
English EASY 2024
But as for you, you should give birth to many children so that you become very many people. There will be many people and they will live all over the earth.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"Have many children and fill the earth with your people."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem on the earth and multiply in it."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.”
English God's Word - GW 1995
Now you must have many children and repopulate the earth. Yes, multiply and fill the earth!"
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it."
English KJV 1611
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
English LSB
As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Swarm on the earth and multiply in it.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly in the earth and multiply in it.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it."
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
"Have children and increase your numbers. Multiply on the earth and increase your numbers on it."
English NIV
As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."
English NKJ 1982
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”
English NLT
Now you must have many children and repopulate the earth. Yes, multiply and fill the earth!"
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Now all of you, with my blessing, reproduce, be fruitful and repopulate the earth.”
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Yes, have many children and repopulate the earth and subdue it.“
English Tyndale 1537
See that ye increase, and wax, and be occupied upon the earth, and multiply therein.