Genesis 8:5

Genesis 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Genesis 8:5

3and the waters receded steadily from the earth. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had diminished. 4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month [five months after the rain began], the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Turkey]. The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen. 6At the end of [another] forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; 7and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:5 word by word

וְהַמַּ֗יִם הָיוּ֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְחָס֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽעֲשִׂירִ֑י בָּֽעֲשִׂירִי֙ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ נִרְא֖וּ רָאשֵׁ֥י הֶֽהָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• decreasedחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
• continuallyהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the tenthעֲשִׂירִי‛ăώîyrîy · tenthH6224
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• on the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• were the topsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Genesis 8:5

• Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 - The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom. 8. קלל qālal “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.” 10. חוּל chûl “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-12Verses 4-12 The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossing; and many times he provides for their seasonable and comfortable settlement, without their own contrivance, and quite beyond their own foresight. God had told Noah when the flood would come, yet he did not give him an account by revelation, at what…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5the waters continued to recede: This is another similarity to the creation week (see 1:9). This suggests that restoring the earth was like a new creation (see study note on 8:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. And the waters decreased continually--The decrease of the waters was for wise reasons exceedingly slow and gradual--the period of their return being nearly twice as long as that of their rise.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Noah
• Pull
• Remember
• Sake
• Separate

Commentaries on Genesis 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings