17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.


In Context

14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.

16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.