Genesis 8:12
10 Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
- KJV
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- WEB
- He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.
- ASV
- And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
- DARBY
- And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.
- BLB
- And he waited yet another seven days and he sent forth the dove, and she did not continue to return to him again.
- ÅB
- Men han bidde enda syv dager til; så sendte han duen ut, og da kom den ikke tilbake til ham mere.
- OTB
- Han ventet enda syv dager og sendte duen ut igjen, men den vendte ikke tilbake til ham.
- B1930
- Men han bidde ennu syv dager til; så sendte han duen ut, og da kom den ikke tilbake til ham mere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Read in contextIsaiah 26:8
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:18
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Read in contextGenesis 8:10
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
Read in contextPsalms 130:5–6
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Read in contextGenesis 2:2–3
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Read in contextJames 5:7–8
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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