Passage

Genesis 8.4

Book: Genesis · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"2. the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3. and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased."

"4. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."

"5. 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. 6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:" (Genesis 8:2-6, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"2. The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 3. The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased."

"4. The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains."

"5. The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible. 6. At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made," (Genesis 8:2-6, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"2. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3. And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. ^{continually: Heb. in going and returning}"

"4. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."

"5. 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. ^{decreased: Heb. were in going and decreasing} 6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:" (Genesis 8:2-6, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"2. and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. 3. And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days."

"4. And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;"

"5. and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains. 6. And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made," (Genesis 8:2-6, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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