Genesis 8:3
The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and the waters{H4325} returned{H7725} from off the earth{H776} continually:{H1980} and after the end{H7097} of a hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} days{H3117} the waters{H4325} decreased.{H2637}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the waters{H4325} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} from off the earth{H776} continually{H1980}{(H8800)}{H7725}{(H8800)}: and after the end{H7097} of the hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} days{H3117} the waters{H4325} were abated{H2637}{(H8799)}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
and the waters returned from of ye erth ad abated after the ende of an hundred and.l. dayes.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the waters ranne styll awaye from ye earth, and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the waters from the earth returned, goyng and comming agayne: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftith day, the waters were abated.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The waters receded from off the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
American Standard Version (1901)
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
American Standard Version (1901)
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.
World English Bible (2000)
The waters receded from the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.
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- 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 8:1-22 verses84%
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.
- Gen 8:4-1512 verses84%
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.
8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
9 But 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.
10 He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 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.
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:
- Gen 7:17-204 verses83%
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 7:10-123 verses80%
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.
12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
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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.
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28 After the flood, Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
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6 Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
- Gen 8:17-193 verses72%
17 Bring 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.
18 So Noah went out, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.
19 Every living thing, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark, family by family.
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11 I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
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6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
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15 I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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20 They were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water.