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


In Context

5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

6 After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

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

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

9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.

10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from 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 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 American Standard 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 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;