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Genesis 7:19

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

20 The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

21 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

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BSB
Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
KJV
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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.
DARBY
And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.
BLB
And the waters prevailed greatly, greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains that [were] under all the heavens were covered.
ÅB
Og vannet steg høyere og høyere over jorden, så alle de høye fjell under hele himmelen ble skjult.
OTB
Vannet hersket kraftig over jorden, og alle de høye fjellene under hele himmelen ble dekket.
B1930
Og vannet steg høiere og høiere over jorden, så alle de høie fjell under hele himmelen blev skjult.

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