Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he shall send forth the dove from with him to see if the waters were diminished from the face of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;
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;
Holman Bible
Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,
International Standard Version
Later, he sent a dove out from the ark to see whether the water that covered the land's surface had completely receded,
A Conservative Version
And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
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;
Amplified
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water level had fallen below the surface of the land.
Bible in Basic English
And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
Darby Translation
And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.
King James 2000
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon the ground.
Modern King James verseion
He also sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had gone down from off the face of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then sent he forth a dove from him, to wete whether the waters were fallen from off the earth.
NET Bible
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
New Heart English Bible
He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
The Emphasized Bible
And he sent forth a dove from him, - to see whether the waters had abated, from off the face of the ground;
Webster
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
World English Bible
He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
Youngs 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,
Interlinear
Shalach
Ra'ah
Qalal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Flood Subsides
7 And he shall send forth the raven, and it shall go forth, going and turning back, till the waters dry up from over the earth. 8 And he shall send forth the dove from with him to see if the waters were diminished from the face of the earth. 9 And the dove found not rest to the hollow of her foot, and she will turn back to him to the ark, for the waters are over the face of all the earth; and he will send forth his hand and will take her and will cause her to come to him to the ark.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 8:10-12
And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark.
Song of Songs 1:15
Behold thee fair, my friend; behold thee beautiful; thine eyes are doves'.
Song of Songs 2:11-12
For behold, the winter passed. away, the rain glided away; it went for itself.
Song of Songs 2:14
My dove in the refuges of the rock, in the biding of the steep mountain: cause me to see thy form, cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet and thy form becoming.
Matthew 10:16
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.