KJV King James Version
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
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Genesis 8:8
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
WEB World English Bible
He sent out a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
ASV American Standard Version
And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
Surrounding context — 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.
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;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
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Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret [places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely.Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes.Song of Solomon 2:11-12For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;Genesis 8:10-12And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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