¹⁹And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky,^y and he brought each to the man^z to see what he would call it. And whatever the man^a called that living creature was its name. ²⁰And the man^b gave names^c to every domesticated animal and to the birds of heaven^d and to all the wild animals.^e But for the man there was not found a helper as his counterpart.^f

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Footnotes

yOr “the heavens”
z“The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
a“The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
b“The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
cLiterally “called names”
dOr “the sky”
eLiterally “animals of the earth/land”
fLiterally “as his opposite”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found corresponding to him.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

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