KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 8:5
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
WEB World English Bible
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.
Surrounding context — Genesis 8
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.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהַמַּ֗יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterהָיוּ֙H1961 · ha.yahto beהָל֣וֹךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוְחָס֔וֹרH2637 · cha.serto lackעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑יH6224 · a.si.ritenthבָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙H6224 · a.si.ritenthבְּאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadoneלַחֹ֔דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthנִרְא֖וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeרָאשֵׁ֥יH7218 · roshheadהֶֽהָרִֽים׃H2022 · harmountain: mount
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