Genesis 8:11
Good News Translation
It returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water had gone down.

New Revised Standard Version
and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.

Contemporary English Version
It returned in the evening, holding in its beak a green leaf from an olive tree. Noah knew the water was finally going down.

New American Bible
In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had diminished on the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

an olive.

Nehemiah 8:15 And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, as it is written.

Zechariah 4:12-14 And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold? . . .

Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things?

Context
Noah Sends a Raven and a Dove
10And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark. 11And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.12And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.…
Cross References
Genesis 8:10
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Genesis 8:12
And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

Genesis 8:10
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