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

3The deep water continued to go down for 150 days. 4On the 17th day of the seventh month, the ship stopped on the ground. It was sitting on the top of Ararat mountains. The water continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains appeared above the water. 6After 40 more days, Noah opened a window in the ship. 7He sent a raven to fly away. The raven flew away from the ship and then it returned. It continued to do this until the earth was dry.

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 7:11When Noah was 600 years old, on the 17th day of the second month, streams of water came up everywhere from below the earth. Also, the water in the heavens poured down on the earth.

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