English Standard Version
Genesis 7:19
19And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
Context of Genesis 7:19
17The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. And 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. 21And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
Read all of Genesis 7Genesis 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 he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
- Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- Jeremiah 3:23Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
- 2 Peter 3:6and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
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
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