Genesis 8:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And 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.”
Genesis 8:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 8:11 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 8:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The 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.”
Genesis 8:11 — World English Bible
Genesis 8:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. ”
Genesis 8:11 — American Standard Version
Genesis 8:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and 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 8:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 8:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth. ”
Genesis 8:11 — Darby Translation
Genesis 8:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the doue came to him in ye euening, and loe, in her mouth was an oliue leafe that she had pluckt: whereby Noah knewe that the waters were abated from off the earth.”
Genesis 8:11 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 8:11 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the dove came to him at the time of evening, and behold—a plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had lightened from upon the earth.”
Genesis 8:11 — The Living Sword
Genesis 8:11 in Context — Genesis 8
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.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And 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.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13 And 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.
What Does Genesis 8:11 Mean?
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