Genesis 7:17

In 11 translations

BSB

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

KJV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

WEB

The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

ASV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

LSV

And the flood is on the earth [for] forty days, and the waters multiply and lift up the Ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

YLT

And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

DBY

And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.

DRC

And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.

GNV

Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.

JPS

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

LXXE

And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיְהִ֧י הַמַּבּ֛וּל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים י֖וֹם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ הַמַּ֗יִם וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַתָּ֖רָם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ κατακλυσμὸς τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐπεπληθύνθη τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐπῇρε τὴν κιβωτὸν, καὶ ὑψώθη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

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• Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 7:4For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
• Genesis 7:12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.

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