Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, New Living Translation So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, English Standard Version and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated, Berean Standard Bible The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. King James Bible And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. New King James Version And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. New American Standard Bible and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased. NASB 1995 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. NASB 1977 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. Legacy Standard Bible and the water receded from the earth, going forth and returning, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased. Amplified Bible and the waters receded steadily from the earth. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had diminished. Christian Standard Bible The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the water had decreased significantly. Holman Christian Standard Bible The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the waters had decreased significantly. American Standard Version and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Contemporary English Version For 150 days the water slowly went down. English Revised Version and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. GOD'S WORD® Translation The water began to recede from the land. At the end of 150 days the water had decreased. Good News Translation and the water gradually went down for 150 days. International Standard Version Then the flood waters steadily receded, diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days. Majority Standard Bible The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. NET Bible The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days. New Heart English Bible And the waters receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly. Webster's Bible Translation And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. World English Bible The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the waters return from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of one hundred and fifty days. Young's Literal Translation And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days. Smith's Literal Translation And the waters shall turn back from over the earth, going and turning back, and the waters shall fail from the end of fifty and one hundred days. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days. Catholic Public Domain Version And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days. New American Bible Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days, the waters had so diminished New Revised Standard Version and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had abated; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the waters receded from the earth gradually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty clays the waters abated. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the waters returned from the Earth; they were going and were returning, and the waters decreased after a hundred and fifty days. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ark Rests on Ararat…2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 3The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. 4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.… Cross References Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days. Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Psalm 104:6-9 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. / At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— / the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— ... Job 38:8-11 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ... Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. 2 Peter 3:6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood. Matthew 24:37-39 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Luke 17:26-27 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. Revelation 22:1-2 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Psalm 29:10 The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever. Isaiah 11:9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water. Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. Treasury of Scripture And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually. Genesis 7:11,24 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened… Jump to Previous Abated Continually Course Decreased Earth End Fifty Hundred Lower Receded Returning Slowly Steadily Turn Water WatersJump to Next Abated Continually Course Decreased Earth End Fifty Hundred Lower Receded Returning Slowly Steadily Turn Water WatersGenesis 8 1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.4. The ark rests on Ararat. 6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove. 13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark. 20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices, 21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more. The waters receded The Hebrew word for "receded" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to return or go back. This word is often used in the context of repentance or turning back to God, symbolizing a restoration or a return to a previous state. In this context, it signifies the beginning of the earth's restoration after the judgment of the flood. The receding waters represent God's mercy and the promise of renewal, as the earth is being prepared for a new beginning. steadily from the earth after 150 days the waters had gone down Were abated.--Heb., decreased. Those in the ark would notice the changing current, and would know, by their being aground, that the flood was diminishing. But it was not till the first day of the tenth month that the tops of the mountains were seen. This slow abatement of the waters and their stillness, described in Genesis 8:1, makes it probable that the ark had grounded on some land-locked spot. Verse 3. - And the waters returned from off the earth continually. Literally, going and returning. "More and more" (Gesenius). The first verb expresses the continuance and self-increasing state of the action involved in the second; cf. Genesis 26:13; 1 Samuel 6:12; 2 Kings 2:11 (Furst). Gradually (Murphy, Ewald). The expression "denotes the turning-point after the waters had become calm" (T. Lewis). May it not be an attempt to represent the undulatory motion of the waves in an ebbing tide, in which the water seems first to advance, but only to retire with greater vehemence, reversing the movement of a flowing tide, in which it first retires and then advances - in the one case returning to go, in the other going to return? The LXX., as usual, indicates the visible effect rather than the actual phenomenon: καὶ ἐνεδίδου τὸ ὕδωρ πορεύομενον ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. And after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Literally, were cut off, hence diminished; imminsutae sunt (Vulgate); ἠλαττονοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ (LXX.). The first stage was the quieting of the waters; the second was the commencement of an ebbing or backward motion; the third was a perceptible diminution of the waters.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The watersהַמַּ֛יִם (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen receded וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ (way·yā·šu·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again steadily הָל֣וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk from מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the earth, הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and after מִקְצֵ֕ה (miq·ṣêh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7097: End, extremity 150 וּמְאַ֖ת (ū·mə·’aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 3967: A hundred days יֽוֹם׃ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day the waters הַמַּ֔יִם (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen had gone down. וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ (way·yaḥ·sə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease Links Genesis 8:3 NIVGenesis 8:3 NLT Genesis 8:3 ESV Genesis 8:3 NASB Genesis 8:3 KJV Genesis 8:3 BibleApps.com Genesis 8:3 Biblia Paralela Genesis 8:3 Chinese Bible Genesis 8:3 French Bible Genesis 8:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 8:3 The waters receded from the earth continually (Gen. 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