Genesis 7:19

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

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WEBBE

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

BSB

Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.

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וְהַמַּיִם ve·ha·ma·yim and the waters H4325 גָּבְרוּ ga·ve·ru they increased H1396 מְאֹד me·'od exceedingly H3966 מְאֹד me·'od exceedingly H3966 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the earth H776 וַיְכֻסּוּ vay·khu·su and they were covered H3680 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הֶהָרִים he·ha·rim the mountains H2022 הַגְּבֹהִים ha·ge·vo·him (the) high H1364 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 תַּחַת ta·chat [were] under H8478 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַשָּׁמָיִם ha·sha·ma·yim the heavens H8064

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–20

The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet. There is no place on earth so high as to set men out of the reach of God's judgments. God's hand will find out all his enemies, Psa 21:8. When the flood thus increased, Noah's ark was lifted up, and the waters which broke down every thing else, bore up the ark. That which to unbelievers betokens death unto death, to the faithful betokens life unto life.

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