Genesis 8:5 Parallel Translations

The water kept decreasing until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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

WEB:

The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

YLT:

and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

Genesis 8:5 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 8:4 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:6 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the {d} tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
(d) Which was the month of December.

WES:

8:5 The tops of the mountains were seen - Like little islands appearing above water. They felt ground above forty days before they saw it, according to Dr. Lightfoots's computation, whence he infers that if the waters decreased proportionably, the ark drew eleven cubits in water.

MHC:

8:4-12 The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossing; and many times he provides for their seasonable and comfortable settlement, without their own contrivance, and quite beyond their own foresight. God had told Noah when the flood would come, yet he did not give him an account by revelation, at what times and by what steps it should go away. The knowledge of the former was necessary to his preparing the ark; but the knowledge of the latter would serve only to gratify curiosity; and concealing it from him would exercise his faith and patience. Noah sent forth a raven from the ark, which went flying about, and feeding on the carcasses that floated. Noah then sent forth a dove, which returned the first time without good news; but the second time, she brought an olive leaf in her bill, plucked off, plainly showing that trees, fruit trees, began to appear above water. Noah sent forth the dove the second time, seven days after the first, and the third time was after seven days also; probably on the sabbath day. Having kept the sabbath with his little church, he expected especial blessings from Heaven, and inquired concerning them. The dove is an emblem of a gracious soul, that, finding no solid peace of satisfaction in this deluged, defiling world, returns to Christ as to its ark, as to its Noah, its rest. The defiling world, returns to Christ as to its ark, as to its Noah, its rest. The carnal heart, like the raven, takes up with the world, and feeds on the carrion it finds there; but return thou to my rest, O my soul; to thy Noah, so the word is, Ps 116:7. And as Noah put forth his hand, and took the dove, and pulled her to him, into the ark, so Christ will save, and help, and welcome those that flee to him for rest.

CONC:

Abate Abated Appeared Becoming Continually Continued Decreased Falling Heads Lacking Month Mountains Recede Receded Steadily Tenth Till Tops Visible Waters

Abate Appeared Continually Continued Decreased Falling First Heads Lacking Month Mountains Recede Receded Steadily Tenth Tops Visible Water Waters

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