Genesis 7:19

Genesis chapter 7 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

Context

v.18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

v.19This passage

v.20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 3:23

    Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

  • Psalms 104:6

    Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

  • Job 12:15

    Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

  • Psalms 46:2

    Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

  • 2 Peter 3:6

    by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: