Genesis 7:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Higher and higher on the earth the waters swelled, until all the highest mountains under the heavens were submerged.

Cross References

2 Peter 3:6

through these the world that then existed was destroyed, deluged with water.

Jeremiah 3:23

Deceptive indeed are the hills, the mountains, clamorous; Only in the Lord our God is Israel’s salvation.

Job 12:15

He holds back the waters and there is drought; he sends them forth and they overwhelm the land.

Genesis 7:18

The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth, but the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 7:20

The waters swelled fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains.