Genesis 8:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Then he sent out the dove from him to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground,

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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

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face; let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Song of Solomon 1:15

Ah, you are beautiful, my love; ah, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

Genesis 8:7

and sent out the raven, and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:9

but the dove found no place to set its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark with him.