Genesis 7:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

English ASV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

English Amplified

The flood [that is, the downpour of rain] was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted [high] above the land.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The flood [that is, the downpour of rain] was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted [high] above the land.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.

English EASY 2024

For 40 days, the water on the earth became deeper. The water lifted the ship high above the ground.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.

The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.

English God's Word - GW 1995

For forty days the floods prevailed, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The deluge continued 40 days on the earth; the waters increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.

English KJV 1611

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

English LSB

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water multiplied and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The flood was on the earth forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose up above the earth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

For 40 days the flood kept coming on the earth. As the waters rose higher, they lifted the ark high above the earth.

English NIV

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

English NKJ 1982

Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

English NLT

For forty days the floods prevailed, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For forty days, the flood engulfed the earth. The swelling floodwaters lifted up the ark until it rose high above the ground.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The flood continued forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For forty days the roaring floods prevailed, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.

English Tyndale 1537

And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth, and the water increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up from off the earth.

Genesis 7:17 — Compare Translations