Genesis 8:11
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.
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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.
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and the dove{H3123} came in{H935} to him at eventide;{H6256} and, lo, in her mouth{H6310} an{H2132} olive-leaf{H5929} plucked off:{H2965} so Noah{H5146} knew{H3045} that the waters{H4325} were abated from off the earth.{H776}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the dove{H3123} came in{H935}{(H8799)} to him in the evening{H6256}{H6153}; and, lo, in her mouth{H6310} was an olive{H2132} leaf{H5929} pluckt off{H2965}: so Noah{H5146} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that the waters{H4325} were abated{H7043}{(H8804)} from off the earth{H776}.
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 And that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go to the mountain and bring olive branches, pine branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
- Zech 4:12-14 : 12 And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then he said, These are the two anointed ones, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
- Rom 10:15 : 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
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1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.
8 Also, he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.
9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.
10 And he waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- Gen 8:12-209 verses85%
12 And he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which did not return to him anymore.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
17 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
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10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.
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12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.
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8 And God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
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1 And the LORD said to Noah, "Go, you and all your household, into the ark; for I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation."