Genesis 7:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
In context
15 They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
16 And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Genesis 7:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.