Genesis 7:12
And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the rain{H1653} was upon the earth{H776} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights.{H3915}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the rain{H1653} was upon the earth{H776} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
ad there fell a rayne vpon the erth.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and there came a rayne vpon ye earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the rayne was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
World English Bible (2000)
The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.
- Gen 7:17 : 17 The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.
- Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
- Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.
- Deut 9:18 : 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.
- Deut 10:10 : 10 I stayed on the mountain, as I had done the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me at that time as well and was not willing to destroy you.
- 1 Kgs 19:8 : 8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Matt 4:2 : 2 After fasting for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 7:15-206 verses88%
15 They came to Noah and entered the ark, two by two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
16 Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.
17 The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.
18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19 The waters prevailed greatly on the earth, covering all the high mountains under the entire sky.
20 The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.
- Gen 7:4-118 verses88%
4 For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.
5 And Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
7 Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8 From the clean animals, from the animals that are not clean, from the birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground,
9 two by two they came to Noah and entered the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
- Gen 7:23-242 verses86%
23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
24 The waters prevailed on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
- Gen 8:1-77 verses82%
1 And God remembered Noah, along with all the living creatures and the animals that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3 The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.
4 The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
5 The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.
7 He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
- Gen 8:12-154 verses81%
12 He waited another seven days and sent out the dove once again, but she did not return to him anymore.
13 In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying:
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13 On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark.
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1 Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.'
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10 He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Luke 17:26-272 verses75%
26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Matt 24:37-382 verses75%
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
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28 After the flood, Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
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5 and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,
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6 Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
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17 And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.