Genesis 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.”
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“The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 8:3 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 7:24And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
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