Genesis 8:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ Then he sent out a dove to see whether the waters had receded from the surface 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

Genesis 8:7

Then he sent out a raven and it kept going back and forth until the waters were drying up from the land.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot. She returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole land. He stretched out his hand and he took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

Song of Solomon 1:15

How lovely you are, my darling, how lovely! Your eyes are doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in a secret place along the steep path, let me see your form, let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet and your form is lovely.”

Matthew 10:16

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