Genesis 8:5
New International Version
The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

New Living Translation
Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.

English Standard Version
And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

Berean Standard Bible
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

King James Bible
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

New King James Version
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

New American Standard Bible
And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

NASB 1995
The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

NASB 1977
And the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Amplified Bible
The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

Christian Standard Bible
The water continued to recede until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The waters continued to recede until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

American Standard Version
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the waters were going and they were decreasing until the tenth month, in the first of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

Contemporary English Version
The water kept going down, and the mountain tops could be seen on the first day of the tenth month.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

English Revised Version
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The water kept decreasing until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Good News Translation
The water kept going down, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains appeared.

International Standard Version
The flood water continued to recede until the tenth month, when, on the first of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Literal Standard Version
and the waters have been going and decreasing until the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the heads of the mountains appeared.

Majority Standard Bible
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

New American Bible
The waters continued to diminish until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains appeared.

NET Bible
The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

New Revised Standard Version
The waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

New Heart English Bible
The waters receded continually to the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the waters decreased continually, till the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

World English Bible
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

Young's Literal Translation
and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Ark Rests on Ararat
4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

Cross References
Genesis 8:3
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:6
After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark


Treasury of Scripture

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

decreased continually.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Genesis 8
1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.
4. The ark rests on Ararat.
6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.
13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.
20. He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,
21. which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.














(5) Seen.--See Note on Genesis 8:4.

Verse 5. - And the waters decreased continually - literally, were going and decreasing - until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, - chodesh, a lunar month, beginning at the new moon, from chadash, to be new; νεομηνία, LXX. (cf. Exodus 13:5). Chodesh yamim, the period of a month (cf. Genesis 29:14; Numbers 11:20, 21) - were the tops of the mountains seen. "Became distinctly visible" (Tayler Lewis, who thinks they may have previously projected above the waters). Apparuerunt cacumina montium (Vulgate). The waters had now been subsiding ten weeks, and as the height of the water above the highest hills was probably determined by the draught of the ark, we may naturally reason that the subsidence which had taken place since the seventeenth day of the seventh month was not less than three hundred and fifteen inches, at twenty-one inches to the cubit, or about four and one-third inches a day.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the waters
וְהַמַּ֗יִם (wə·ham·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

continued
הָל֣וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to recede
וְחָס֔וֹר (wə·ḥā·sō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease

until
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the tenth
הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י (hā·‘ă·śî·rî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part

month,
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ha·ḥō·ḏeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

[and] on the first
בְּאֶחָ֣ד (bə·’e·ḥāḏ)
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

day
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

of the tenth month,
בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙ (bā·‘ă·śî·rî)
Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part

the tops
רָאשֵׁ֥י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the mountains
הֶֽהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

became visible.
נִרְא֖וּ (nir·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see


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