Genesis 8 - Compare Translations
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Genesis 8:1
KJVAnd 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 assuaged;
WEBGod remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
YLTAnd God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
Genesis 8:2
KJVThe fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
WEBThe deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
YLTand closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
Genesis 8:3
KJVAnd the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
WEBThe waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
YLTAnd turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 8:4
KJVAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
WEBThe ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.
YLTAnd the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
Genesis 8:5
KJVAnd 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.
WEBThe waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
YLTand 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.
Genesis 8:6
KJVAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
WEBAt the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,
Genesis 8:7
KJVAnd he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
WEBand he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
YLTand he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Genesis 8:8
KJVAlso he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
WEBHe himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
YLTAnd he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
Genesis 8:9
KJVBut 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.
WEBbut the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.
YLTand the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.
Genesis 8:10
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Genesis 8:11
KJVAnd 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.
WEBThe dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
YLTand the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.
Genesis 8:12
KJVAnd he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
WEBHe waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him anymore.
YLTAnd he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.
Genesis 8:13
KJVAnd it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
WEBIn the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.
Genesis 8:14
KJVAnd in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
WEBIn the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
YLTAnd in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.
Genesis 8:15
KJVAnd God spake unto Noah, saying,
WEBGod spoke to Noah, saying,
YLTAnd God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;
Genesis 8:16
KJVGo forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
WEB“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.
YLTevery living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;
Genesis 8:17
KJVBring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
WEBBring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”
YLTand they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'
Genesis 8:18
KJVAnd Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
WEBNoah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.
YLTAnd Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;
Genesis 8:19
KJVEvery beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
WEBEvery animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.
YLTevery beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.
Genesis 8:20
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Genesis 8:21
KJVAnd the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
WEBYahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
YLTand Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Genesis 8:22
KJVWhile the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
WEBWhile the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
YLTduring all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'
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