Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord God formed man of
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground
International Standard Version
So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.
A Conservative Version
And 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.
Amplified
then the Lord God
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah God will form man of the dust from the earth, and will blow into his nostrils the breath of lives, and man shall be for a living soul.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
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 soul.
The Emphasized Bible
So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of
Creator » God as » Creator of man
the Earth » Man » Formed out of
Life » The lord being the creator of all life
natural Life » God is the author of
Man » A social being » Creation of
Man » Quickened by the breath of God
Interlinear
'elohiym
Yatsar
'aph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:7
Prayers for Genesis 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
1 Corinthians 15:45
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Psalm 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.
Genesis 3:23
therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis 7:22
all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
Job 27:3
(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Acts 17:25
neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers 27:16
Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Job 4:19
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
Job 33:6
Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.
Psalm 100:3
Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 139:14-15
I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus'saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
John 20:22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?