Genesis 7:24
22 Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
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- BSB
- And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
- KJV
- And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
- WEB
- The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.
- ASV
- And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
- DARBY
- And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.
- BLB
- And the waters prevailed on the earth fifty and a hundred days.
- ÅB
- Og vannet holdt seg over jorden i hundre og femti dager.
[^1]: Gud. - OTB
- Vannet hersket over jorden i hundre og femti dager.
- B1930
- Og vannet holdt sig over jorden i hundre og femti dager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 8:3–4
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
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