Genesis 7:20 — Compare All Translations

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

fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

English ASV

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

English Amplified

[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

English EASY 2024

The water still became deeper so that it was more than 6 metres higher than the tops of the mountains.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The water continued to rise above the mountains. The water was more than 20 feet above the highest mountain.

The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

it went on rising until it was about twenty-five feet above the tops of the mountains.

English God's Word - GW 1995

standing more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The mountains were covered as the waters surged [above them] more than 20 feet.

English KJV 1611

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

English LSB

The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The waters prevailed upward and the mountains were covered fifteen cubits deep.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

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

the crest rising fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The waters continued to rise until they covered the mountains by more than 20 feet.

English NIV

The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.,

English NKJ 1982

The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

English NLT

standing more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The waters rose over twenty-two feet above the highest mountains.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

the waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

standing twenty-two feet and more above the highest peaks.

English Tyndale 1537

even fifteen cubits high prevailed the waters, so that the hills were covered.

Genesis 7:20 — Compare Translations