Genesis 7:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.”
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“Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which <FI>are<Fi> under the whole heavens;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 7:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
- Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- Jeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
- 2 Peter 3:6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
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