Genesis 8:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
English ASV
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
English Amplified
And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the water had decreased significantly.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.
English EASY 2024
The deep water continued to go down for 150 days.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The water that covered the earth began to go down. After 150 days the water was low enough that the boat touched land again. The boat stopped on one of the mountains of Ararat. This was the 17 day of the seventh month.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
and the water gradually went down for 150 days.
English God's Word - GW 1995
So the flood gradually began to recede. After 150 days,
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the waters had decreased significantly.
English KJV 1611
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
English LSB
and the water receded from the earth, going forth and returning, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The water receded steadily from the earth, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days, the waters had so diminished
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The water continued to go down from the earth. At the end of the 150 days the water had gone down.
English NIV
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,
English NKJ 1982
And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
English NLT
So the flood gradually began to recede. After 150 days,
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had abated;
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
After 150 days, the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth and the waters began to subside.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
So the flood gradually receded until, 150 days after it
English Tyndale 1537
and the waters returned from off the earth and abated after the end of an hundred and fifty days.