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.


In Context

4 And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

5 and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

6 And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,

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

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

9 and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters are on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from 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 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.