Genesis 8:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Noah also sent out a dove. Noah wanted the dove to find dry ground. He wanted to know if water still covered the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Common English Bible

⁸ Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters on all of the fertile land had subsided,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

Genesis 8:8 Cross References

Genesis 8:7

Then Noah sent out a raven. [53] The raven flew from place to place until the ground was dry and the water was gone.

Genesis 8:9

The dove could not find a place to rest because water still covered the earth, so the dove came back to the boat. Noah reached out his hand and caught the dove and brought it back into the boat.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and do nothing wrong.