Genesis 7:18
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:18 in other translations
| BSB | So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. |
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| WEB | The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters. |
| ASV | And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. |
| YLT | and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters. |
| DARBY | And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters. |
| BBE | And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters. |
| Webster | And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth: and the ark moved upon the face of the waters. |
What does Genesis 7:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:17-20
The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet. There is no place on earth so high as to set men out of the reach of God's judgments. God's hand will find out all his enemies, Psa 21:8. When the flood thus increased, Noah's ark was lifted up, and the waters which broke down every thing else, bore up the ark. That which to…
Genesis 7:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 7:18
- Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
- Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Psalms 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Context
- Genesis 7:17
And 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.
- Genesis 7:18
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
- Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Genesis 7:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y prevalecieron las aguas, y crecieron en gran manera sobre la tierra; y andaba el arca sobre la faz de las aguas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les eaux se renforcèrent et crûrent beaucoup sur la terre; et l’arche flottait sur la face des eaux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Wasser nahmen überhand und mehrten sich sehr auf der Erde; und die Arche fuhr auf der Fläche der Wasser. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vehementer enim inundaverunt, et omnia repleverunt in superficie terræ: porro arca ferebatur super aquas. |