Genesis 7:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

0 The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The waters rose twenty-three feet high, covering the mountains.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered.

Genesis 7:20 Cross References

Genesis 6:15

5 And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 7:19

9 And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

Psalm 104:6

3 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

Jeremiah 3:23

Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.