Parallel Verses

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;

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

a dove
יונה 
Yownah 
Usage: 31

from him, to see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

if the waters
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

from off the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Flood Subsides

7 and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; 9 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself.


Cross References

Genesis 8:10-12

So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Song of Songs 1:15

How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”

Song of Songs 2:11-12

‘For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.

Song of Songs 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your form is lovely.”

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.

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