Genesis 7:19

Genesis 7:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
• New International Version (NIV)They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.

Context of Genesis 7:19

17For 40 days, the water on the earth became deeper. The water lifted the ship high above the ground. 18The water became even deeper and completely covered the earth. The ship went safely on top of the water. More water came until it covered all the high mountains on the earth. 20The water still became deeper so that it was more than 6 metres higher than the tops of the mountains. 21As a result, everything that had lived on the earth now died. The birds, the farm animals and the wild animals died. Every living thing that moved across the ground died, and so did all the people.

Genesis 7:19 word by word

וְהַמַּ֗יִם גָּֽבְר֛וּ מְאֹ֥ד מְאֹ֖ד עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיְכֻסּ֗וּ כָּל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• prevailedגָּבַרgâbar · to prevailH1396
• exceedinglyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and all the highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• hillsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• the whole heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• were coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Genesis 7:19

• Job 12:15If God stops the rain, the land becomes dry. If he sends lots of rain, there are floods.
• Psalms 46:2So even when the earth shakes, we will not be afraid. And when the mountains fall down into the deep sea, we will still not be afraid.
• Psalms 104:6You covered the earth with deep water, like a coat. The water covered the tops of the mountains.
• Jeremiah 3:23The false gods that we worship on the hills have deceived us. Our wild parties on the mountains have not helped us. Only the Lord our God can really save Israel.
• 2 Peter 3:6Also, God used water to destroy that same world long ago. He spoke his word and he covered the land with water.

Commentaries on Genesis 7:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were flowing, and toward what was formerly the higher ground. Genesis 7:19 Upon the land. - The land is to be understood of the portion of the earth‘s surface known to man. This, with an unknown margin beyond it, was covered with the waters. But this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-20Verses 17-20 The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet. There is no place on earth so high as to set men out of the reach of God's judgments. God's hand will find out all his enemies, Psa 21:8. When the flood thus increased, Noah's ark was lifted up, and the waters which broke down every thing else, bore up the ark. That which to unbelievers betokens death…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Genesis 7

• 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