Genesis 8:8

NETBible

Then Noah 1  sent out a dove 2  to see if the waters had receded 3  from the surface of the ground.

NIV ©

Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

NASB ©

Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

NLT ©

Then he sent out a dove to see if it could find dry ground.

MSG ©

Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions,

BBE ©

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

NRSV ©

Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;

NKJV ©

He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

KJV
Also he sent forth
<07971> (8762)
a dove
<03123>
from him, to see
<07200> (8800)
if the waters
<04325>
were abated
<07043> (8804)
from off the face
<06440>
of the ground
<0127>_;
NASB ©
Then he sent
<7971>
out a dove
<3123>
from him, to see
<7200>
if the water
<4325>
was abated
<7043>
from the face
<6440>
of the land
<127>
;
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
apesteilen
<649> 
V-AAI-3S
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
peristeran
<4058> 
N-ASF
opisw
<3694> 
PREP
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
idein
<3708> 
V-AAN
ei
<1487> 
CONJ
kekopaken
<2869> 
V-RAI-3S
to
<3588> 
T-NSN
udwr
<5204> 
N-NSN
apo
<575> 
PREP
proswpou
<4383> 
N-GSN
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
ghv
<1065> 
N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
Then Noah sent out
<07971>
a dove
<03123>
to
<0854>
see
<07200>
if the waters
<04325>
had receded
<07043>
from
<05921>
the surface
<06440>
of the ground
<0127>
.
HEBREW
hmdah
<0127>
ynp
<06440>
lem
<05921>
Mymh
<04325>
wlqh
<07043>
twarl
<07200>
wtam
<0854>
hnwyh
<03123>
ta
<0853>
xlsyw (8:8)
<07971>
NETBible

Then Noah 1  sent out a dove 2  to see if the waters had receded 3  from the surface of the ground.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn The Hebrew text adds “from him.” This has not been translated for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.

3 tn The Hebrew verb קָלָל (qalal) normally means “to be light, to be slight”; it refers here to the waters receding.