Genesis 8:3

Genesis 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
• New International Version (NIV)The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

Context of Genesis 8:3

1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. 2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. 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.

Genesis 8:3 word by word

וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ הַמַּ֛יִם מֵעַ֥ל הָאָ֖רֶץ הָל֣וֹךְ וָשׁ֑וֹב וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ הַמַּ֔יִם מִקְצֵ֕ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת יֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• The watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• recededשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• steadilyהָלַךְhâlak · to go: continueH1980
• steadilyשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• fromעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and afterקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• 150מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 150חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• had gone downחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637

Cross-references for Genesis 8:3

• Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:3

• 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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. And God remembered Noah--The divine purpose in this awful dispensation had been accomplished, and the world had undergone those changes necessary to fit it for becoming the residence of man under a new economy of Providence. and every living thing ... in the ark--a beautiful illustration of Mt 10:29. and God made a wind to pass over the earth--Though the divine will could have dried up the liquid mass in an instant, the agency of a wind was employed…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