| NETBible | The waters rose more than twenty feet 1 above the mountains. 2 |
| NIV © |
The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. |
| NASB © |
The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. |
| NLT © |
standing more than twenty–two feet above the highest peaks. |
| MSG © |
--the high water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. |
| BBE © |
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered. |
| NRSV © |
the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. |
| NKJV © |
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. |
| KJV | Fifteen <06240> <02568> cubits <0520> upward <04605> did the waters <04325> prevail <01396> (8804)_; and the mountains <02022> were covered <03680> (8792)_. |
| NASB © |
The water <4325> prevailed <1396> fifteen <2568> <6240> cubits <520> higher <4605> , and the mountains <2022> were covered .<3680> |
| LXXM | deka <1176> N-NUI pente <4002> N-NUI phceiv <4083> N-APM epanw <1883> ADV uqwyh <5312> V-API-3S to <3588> T-NSN udwr <5204> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ epekaluqen <1943> V-AAI-3S panta <3956> A-APN ta <3588> T-APN orh <3735> N-APN ta <3588> T-APN uqhla <5308> A-APN |
| NET [draft] ITL | The waters <04325> rose <03680> more than twenty feet <0520> <06240> <02568> above <04605> the mountains .<02022> |
| HEBREW | Myrhh <02022> wokyw <03680> Mymh <04325> wrbg <01396> hlemlm <04605> hma <0520> hrve <06240> smx (7:20) <02568> |
| NETBible | The waters rose more than twenty feet 1 above the mountains. 2 |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “rose fifteen cubits.” Since a cubit is considered by most authorities to be about eighteen inches, this would make the depth 22.5 feet. This figure might give the modern reader a false impression of exactness, however, so in the translation the phrase “fifteen cubits” has been rendered “more than twenty feet.” 2 tn Heb “the waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward and they covered the mountains.” Obviously, a flood of twenty feet did not cover the mountains; the statement must mean the flood rose about twenty feet above the highest mountain. |