Genesis 8:8 - Revised Version 1885

⁸ And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

Genesis 8:8 Cross References

Genesis 8:7

and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Genesis 8:9

but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

Song of Solomon 1:15

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice: For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.