KJV King James Version
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
WEB World English Bible
The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.
ASV American Standard Version
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
Surrounding context — Genesis 8
1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתָּ֤נַחH5117 · nu.achto restהַתֵּבָה֙H8392 · te.vaharkבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhבְּשִׁבְעָה־H7651 · she.vasevenעָשָׂ֥רH6240 · a.sartenי֖וֹםH3117 · yomdayלַחֹ֑דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthעַ֖לH5921 · aluponהָרֵ֥יH2022 · harmountain: mountאֲרָרָֽט׃H780 · a.ra.ratArarat
Cross-references
Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.2 Kings 19:37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.Genesis 7:17-19And 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.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Genesis 8:4
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →