Genesis 8:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ And the waters receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters diminished.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

Common English Bible

³ The waters receded gradually from the earth. After one hundred fifty days, the waters decreased;

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8:3 Cross References

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noaḥ’s life, in the second new moon, the seventeenth day of the moon, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:24

And the waters were mighty on the earth, one hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased steadily until the tenth new moon. In the tenth new moon, on the first day of the new moon, the tops of the mountains became visible.