Genesis 8:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The dove came back to him in the evening, and in her beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf. Noah then knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the dove came to him in the evening, and there in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde: There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated vppon the erth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde: and beholde, she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre, & bare it in hir nebb. Then Noe perceaued, that the waters were abated vpon the earth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the doue came to him in ye euening, and loe, in her mouth was an oliue leafe that she had pluckt: whereby Noah knewe that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 8:15 : 15 They were to proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: 'Go out to the hill country and bring branches of olive trees, wild olive trees, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.'
  • Zech 4:12-14 : 12 Again, I asked him, 'What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes that pour out the golden oil? 13 He replied, 'Do you not know what these are?' I said, 'No, my lord.' 14 He said, 'These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of all the earth.'
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring the good news of good things!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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    85%

    1And 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.

    2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

    3The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.

    4The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

    5The 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.

    6At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.

    7He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

    8Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

    9But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to the ark, for the waters were still over the surface of the whole earth. Noah reached out his hand, took her, and brought her back to himself in the ark.

    10He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

  • Gen 8:12-20
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    85%

    12He waited another seven days and sent out the dove once again, but she did not return to him anymore.

    13In 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.

    14By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

    16Leave the ark, you and your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

    17Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.

    18So Noah went out, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.

    19Every living thing, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark, family by family.

    20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

  • Gen 7:10-13
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    73%

    10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

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    12And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

    13On 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.

  • Gen 7:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Every 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.

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    2 verses
    71%

    16When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.

    17Then God said to Noah, 'This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.'

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    71%

    17The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.

    18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

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    70%

    7Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

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    2 verses
    70%

    10and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the creatures of the earth—that came out of the ark with you, every living thing on the earth.

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    8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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    8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

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    68%

    15They came to Noah and entered the ark, two by two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

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    68%

    1Then 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.'