KJV King James Version
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
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Genesis 8:7
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
WEB World English Bible
and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 8
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;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְשַׁלַּ֖חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽעֹרֵ֑בH6158 · o.revravenוַיֵּצֵ֤אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeיָצוֹא֙H3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeוָשׁ֔וֹבH7725 · shuvto return: returnעַד־H5704 · adtillיְבֹ֥שֶׁתH3001 · ya.veshto witherהַמַּ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterמֵעַ֥לH5921 · aluponהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.1 Kings 17:4And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.1 Kings 17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.Leviticus 11:15Every raven after his kind;
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