Genesis 7:20
The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
eve.xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled ye waters ouer the mountaynes, which were couered.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Fyfteene cubites vpward did the waters preuayle, so that the mountaynes were couered.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;
American Standard Version (1901)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
American Standard Version (1901)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.
World English Bible (2000)
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.
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