Genesis 8:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the waters had receded 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.

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 out a raven, which kept going out and turning back until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no resting place for its feet and returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. So he put out his hand and took it, and pulled it into the ark to himself.

Song of Solomon 1:15

See, you are beautiful, my love! See, you are beautiful! Your eyes are as doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covering of the cliff, Let me see your appearance, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your appearance is lovely.”

Matthew 10:16

“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.