Parallel Verses
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;
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;
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.
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.
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 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.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 8:10-12
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Song of Songs 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
Song of Songs 2:11-12
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Song of Songs 2:14
O 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.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.