8And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;


In Context

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.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought 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;

Genesis 8:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:8Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:8He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:8And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:8And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;