Genesis 8:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.”

Genesis 8:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 8:3 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 8:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.”

Genesis 8:3 — World English Bible

Genesis 8:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.”

Genesis 8:3 — American Standard Version

Genesis 8:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.”

Genesis 8:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 8:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated. ”

Genesis 8:3 — Darby Translation

Genesis 8:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.”

Genesis 8:3 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 8:3 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And the waters receded from upon the earth—going and returning—and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.”

Genesis 8:3 — The Living Sword

Genesis 8:3 in Context — Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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What Does Genesis 8:3 Mean?

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