Genesis 7:19
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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
In other translations
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Hebrew words
וְהַמַּיִםvehamayimand the watersH4325גָּבְרוּgaveruthey increasedH1396מְאֹדme'odexceedinglyH3966מְאֹדme'odexceedinglyH3966עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וַיְכֻסּוּvaykhusuand they were coveredH3680כָּל־kol-allH3605הֶהָרִיםheharimthe mountainsH2022הַגְּבֹהִיםhagevohim<the> highH1364אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834תַּחַתtachat[were] underH8478כָּל־kol-allH3605הַשָּׁמָיִם׃hashamayimthe heavensH8064
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 104:6-96 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.6 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— 8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
- Job 12:15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
- Psalm 46:2-32 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, 3 though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- 2 Peter 3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
- Jeremiah 3:23Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
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