English Standard Version
Genesis 7:18
18The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
- New International Version (NIV)The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.
- New Living Translation (NLT)As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
Context of Genesis 7:18
16And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in. 17The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
Read all of Genesis 7Genesis 7:18 word by word
וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ הַמַּ֛יִם וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ מְאֹ֖ד עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֖ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- prevailedגָּבַרgâbar · to prevailH1396
- and were increasedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- greatlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
- wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- upon the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
Cross-references for Genesis 7:18
- Exodus 14:28The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
- Psalms 69:15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 104:26There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
Commentaries on Genesis 7:18
- 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
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