Genesis 8:11 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. See the chapterMore versionsAmplified Bible - Classic EditionAnd the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a newly sprouted and freshly plucked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the land. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. See the chapterCommon English BibleThe dove came back to him in the evening, grasping a torn olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the waters were subsiding from the earth. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionAnd she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionAnd she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth. See the chapter |