Genesis 7:20

The waters rose more than twenty feet ¹  above the mountains. ² 

biblegateway Gen 7:20

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

biblegateway Gen 7:20

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

biblegateway Gen 7:20

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

biblegateway Gen 7:20

--the high water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains.

SABDAweb Gen 7:20

The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

bibleoremus Gen 7:20

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

biblegateway Gen 7:20

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

biblegateway Gen 7:20

The waters rose more than twenty feet ¹  above the mountains. ² 

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.