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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וייצר יהוה אלהים את האדם עפר מן האדמה ויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyyTSr yhvh Alhym At hAdm `pr mn hAdmh vypKH bApyv nSHmt KHyym vyhy hAdm lnpSH KHyh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
formavit igitur Dominus Deus hominem de limo terrae et inspiravit in faciem eius spiraculum vitae et factus est homo in animam viventem

King James Variants
American 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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (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 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 being.
21st Century 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.

Other translations
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.
Darby Bible 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.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
God's Word   
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
Holman Christian Standard 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.
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 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.
New International Version   
Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
New Living Translation   
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air into the nose of the man to give him life. So the man became alive.
Young‘s 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.
New Life Version   
Then the Lord God made man from the dust of the ground. And He breathed into his nose the breath of life. Man became a living being.
The Voice Bible   
One day the Eternal God scooped dirt out of the ground, sculpted it into the shape we call human, breathed the breath that gives life into the nostrils of the human, and the human became a living soul.
Living Bible   
The time came when the Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And man became a living person.
New Catholic Bible   
Then the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the earth and he breathed his breath of life into his nostrils and man became a living creature.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then Yahweh God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the man became a living being.
Jubilee Bible 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.
Christian Standard 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.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being.
New Century Version   
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.
The Message   
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground—God hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)—God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Good News Translation®   
Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore the Lord God formed man of the slime of [the] earth, and breathed into his face the breathing of life; and man was made into a living soul. (And so the Lord God formed man out of the slime of the earth, and breathed into his face the breathe of life; and then the man was made into a living soul.)
Contemporary English Version   
The Lord God took some soil from the ground and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
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.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Common English Bible © 2011   
the Lord God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
New American Standard Bible   
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.
The Expanded Bible   
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it [C there is wordplay between “ground” (adama) and “man” (adam)]. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.
Tree of Life Version   
Then Adonai Elohim formed the man out of the dust from the ground and He breathed into his nostrils a breath of life—so the man became a living being.
Revised Standard Version   
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.
New International Reader's Version   
Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Then Adonai, God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah.
Names of God Bible   
Then Yahweh Elohim formed the man from the dust of the earth and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.
Modern English Version   
Then 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 being.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.
International Children’s Bible   
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed man from it. The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose. And the man became a living person.
Lexham English 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.
New International Version - UK   
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.