and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
Genesis 8:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 Then he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground. American Standard Version (1901) 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 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters on all of the fertile land had subsided, Catholic Public Domain Version 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 He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth. |
and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
but the dove found no resting place for its foot. It returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to himself.
How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.