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 7:19 in other translations
| BSB | Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered. |
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| WEB | The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered. |
| ASV | And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. |
| YLT | And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which are under the whole heavens; |
| DARBY | And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered. |
| BBE | And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered. |
| Webster | And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. |
What does Genesis 7:19 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 7:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 7:19
- Psalms 104:6-9
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
- Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Psalms 46:2-3
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- 2 Peter 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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Job 12:15; Ps 46:2,3; 104:6-9; Jer 3:23; 2Pe 3:6
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Context
- 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 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y las aguas prevalecieron mucho en extremo sobre la tierra; y todos los montes altos que había debajo de todos los cielos, fueron cubiertos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les eaux se renforcèrent extraordinairement sur la terre; et toutes les hautes montagnes qui étaient sous tous les cieux furent couvertes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Wasser nahmen gar sehr überhand auf der Erde, und es wurden bedeckt alle hohen Berge, die unter dem ganzen Himmel sind. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et aquæ prævaluerunt nimis super terram: opertique sunt omnes montes excelsi sub universo cælo. |