Genesis 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB

But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.Or mist

KJV

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.there…: or, a mist which went up from, etc.

WEB

but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.

ASV

but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

LSV

and a mist goes up from the earth, and has watered the whole face of the ground.

YLT

and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

DBY

But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.

DRC

But a spring rose out of the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

GNV

But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth.

JPS

but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

LXXE

But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאֵ֖ד יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה אֶֽת־כָּל־פְּנֵֽי־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Πηγὴ δὲ ἀνέβαινεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπότιζε πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς.

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