Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord God formed man of
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.
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
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 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. 8 And the LORD 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 hath given me life.
1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Psalm 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, 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 the Lord from heaven.
Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD 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 life, of all that was in 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 wherein is he to be accounted of?
Acts 17:25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he 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 the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Job 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Psalm 100:3
Know ye that the LORD he 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 and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward 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 turn to dust again.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which 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 Ghost:
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 hast thou made me thus?
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?