| King James Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. | 1Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation. |
| 2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. | 2You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female, |
| 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. | 3and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky--in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth. |
| 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. | 4Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth." |
| 5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. | 5And Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him. |
| 6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. | 6Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came and water covered the earth. |
| 7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. | 7So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the floodwaters. |
| 8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, | 8From the clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and every creature that crawls on the ground, |
| 9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. | 9two of each, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, just as God had commanded him. |
| 10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. | 10Seven days later the floodwaters came on the earth. |
| 11In 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. | 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened, |
| 12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. | 12and the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. |
| 13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; | 13On that same day Noah along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's wife, and his three sons' wives entered the ark with him. |
| 14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. | 14They entered it with all the wildlife according to their kinds, all livestock according to their kinds, all the creatures that crawl on the earth according to their kinds, every flying creature--all the birds and every winged creature--according to their kinds. |
| 15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. | 15Two of every creature that has the breath of life in it came to Noah and entered the ark. |
| 16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. | 16Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in. |
| 17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. | 17The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth. |
| 18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. | 18The water surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. |
| 19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. | 19Then the water surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered. |
| 20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. | 20The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet. |
| 21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: | 21Every creature perished--those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind. |
| 22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. | 22Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils--everything on dry land died. |
| 23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. | 23He wiped out every living thing that was on the face of the earth, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. |
| 24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. | 24And the water surged on the earth 150 days. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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