Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

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.

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 and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

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.

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.

Amplified

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

of

among, with, from, that not, since, after, at, by, whether
Usage: 0

the ground
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

and breathed
נפח 
Naphach 
Usage: 12

the breath
נשׁמה 
N@shamah 
Usage: 24

of life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

and man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 2:7

Images Genesis 2:7

Prayers for Genesis 2:7

Context Readings

The Generations Of Heaven And Earth

6 But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground. 7 And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. 8 And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to 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 hath given me life.

1 Corinthians 15:45

Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.

Psalm 103:14

For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Isaiah 64:8

And now, 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 out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

Genesis 3:23

Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22

everything which had in its nostrils the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.

Job 27:3

All the while my breath is 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 what account is to be made of him?

Acts 17:25

nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

Numbers 16:22

And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh! shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?

Numbers 27:16

Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the assembly,

Job 4:19

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

Job 33:6

Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

Psalm 100:3

Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 139:14-15

I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Proverbs 20:27

Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly.

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 return to dust.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

John 20:22

And having said this, he breathed into them, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:

Romans 9:20

Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hebrews 12:9

Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

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