KJV King James Version
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
WEB World English Bible
Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
ASV American Standard Version
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;
Surrounding context — Genesis 6
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עֲשֵׂ֤הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouתֵּבַ֣תH8392 · te.vaharkעֲצֵי־H6086 · etstree: woodגֹ֔פֶרH1613 · go.phergopherקִנִּ֖יםH7064 · qennestתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַתֵּבָ֑הH8392 · te.vaharkוְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥H3722 · ki.pherto atoneאֹתָ֛הּH853 · et[Obj.]מִבַּ֥יִתH1004 · betplaceוּמִח֖וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideבַּכֹּֽפֶר׃H3724 · ko.pherransom
Cross-references
1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.Matthew 24:38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,Exodus 2:3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river’s brink.
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