Genesis 8:5
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Genesis 8:5 in other translations
| BSB | And 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. |
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| WEB | The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible. |
| ASV | And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | And the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. |
| BBE | And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen. |
| Webster | And the waters decreased continually, till the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. |
What does Genesis 8:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 8:4-12
The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossing; and many times he provides for their seasonable and comfortable settlement, without their own contrivance, and quite beyond their own foresight. God had told Noah when the flood would come, yet he did not give him an…
Genesis 8:5 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
- Genesis 8:5
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
- Genesis 8:6
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Genesis 8:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y las aguas fueron decreciendo hasta el mes décimo: en el décimo, al primero del mes, se descubrieron las cimas de los montes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les eaux allèrent diminuant jusqu’au dixième mois; au dixième mois, le premier jour du mois, les sommets des montagnes apparurent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Wasser nahmen fort und fort ab bis zum zehnten Monat; im zehnten Monat, am Ersten des Monats, wurden die Spitzen der Berge sichtbar. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At vero aquæ ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem: decimo enim mense, primo die mensis, apparuerunt cacumina montium. |