7And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.


In Context

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

5 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.

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 out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

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

9 But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

Genesis 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:7and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, till the waters were dried from off the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.