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

17The flood was forty days upon the land, and the waters increased and lifted the ark, so that it rose above the land. 18The waters overpowered and became very mighty over the land, and the ark drifted on the surface of the water. The waters completely overpowered the land so that all the high mountains beneath the entire sky were covered. 20The waters rose 15 cubits higher, as the mountains were covered. 21All flesh perished—those that crawl on the land, the flying creatures, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm upon the land, and all humankind.

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 He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He releases them, they destroy the earth.
• Psalms 46:2God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
• Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a garment—the waters standing above the mountains.
• Jeremiah 3:23Surely help from the hills is a delusion— the commotion of the mountains! Surely in Adonai Eloheinu is the salvation of Israel.
• 2 Peter 3:6Through these, the world of that time was destroyed by being flooded 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

Topics related to Genesis 7:19

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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