20The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. ,


In Context

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.

20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. ,

21 Every living thing that moved on the earth perished-birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Genesis 7:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:20The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.