Genesis 8:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.Literally sent out from him or sent out from it

KJV

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

WEB

He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

ASV

And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

LSV

And he sends forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

YLT

And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

DBY

And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

DRC

He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

GNV

Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth.

JPS

And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

LXXE

And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.Gr. the dove.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־הַיּוֹנָ֖ה מֵאִתּ֑וֹ לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲקַ֣לּוּ הַמַּ֔יִם מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὴν περιστερὰν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, ἰδεῖν εἰ κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ 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

• Song of Songs 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
• Genesis 8:10–12Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the…
• Song of Songs 2:11–12For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
• Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• Song of Songs 1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

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