Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon 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;
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.
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;
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 out a raven; {it went to and fro} until the waters were dried up from upon the earth. 8 And {he sent out a dove} to see [whether] the waters had subsided from upon the ground. 9 But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters [were still] on the face of the earth. And he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 8:10-12
And he waited another seven days, and {again he sent out} the dove from the ark.
Song of Songs 1:15
Look! You [are] beautiful, my beloved. Look! You [are] beautiful; your eyes [are] doves.
Song of Songs 2:11-12
For look! The winter is over; {the rainy season} {has turned and gone away}.
Song of Songs 2:14
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, {in the secluded place} {in the mountain}, Let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice [is] sweet and your face [is] lovely.
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.