Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. New Living Translation rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks. English Standard Version The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. Berean Standard Bible The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits. King James Bible Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. New King James Version The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. New American Standard Bible The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. NASB 1995 The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. NASB 1977 The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. Legacy Standard Bible The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. Amplified Bible [In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered. Christian Standard Bible The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet. Holman Christian Standard Bible The mountains were covered as the waters surged above them more than 20 feet. American Standard Version Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The waters exceeded fifteen cubits higher and covered the mountains. Brenton Septuagint Translation Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. Douay-Rheims Bible The water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered. English Revised Version Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. GOD'S WORD® Translation It rose 23 feet above the mountaintops. Good News Translation it went on rising until it was about twenty-five feet above the tops of the mountains. International Standard Version The flood waters rose 15 cubits above the mountains. JPS Tanakh 1917 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Literal Standard Version the waters prevailed from above the mountains, and cover [them] fifteen cubits; Majority Standard Bible The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits. New American Bible The waters swelled fifteen cubits higher than the submerged mountains. NET Bible The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains. New Revised Standard Version the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. New Heart English Bible The waters rose and covered the highest mountains to a depth of more than twenty-six feet. Webster's Bible Translation Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered. World English Bible The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. Young's Literal Translation fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Duration of the Flood…19Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered. 20The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits. 21And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.… Cross References Genesis 7:19 Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered. Genesis 8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Treasury of Scripture Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. and the mountains. Psalm 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. Jeremiah 3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. Jump to Previous Covered Covering Cubits Deep Depth Feet Fifteen Higher Mighty Mountains Prevail Prevailed Rose Twenty Upward Upwards Water WatersJump to Next Covered Covering Cubits Deep Depth Feet Fifteen Higher Mighty Mountains Prevail Prevailed Rose Twenty Upward Upwards Water WatersGenesis 7 1. Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.6. The flood begins. 17. The increase of the flood for forty days. 21. All flesh is destroyed by it. 24. Its duration of 150 days. (20) Fifteen cubits upward.--This apparently was the draught of the ark, computed after it had settled. in the region of Ararat. Fifteen cubits would be about twenty-two feet, and as the ark floated onward without interruption until it finally grounded, there must have been this depth of water even on the highest summit in its course. Continuous rains for forty days and nights would scarcely produce so vast a mass of water, unless we suppose that the adamah was some low-lying spot of ground whither the waters from many regions flowed together; but this is negatived by the ark having travelled into Armenia. In England the whole average mean rainfall in a year is not more than twenty-eight or thirty inches in depth. If we suppose this amount to have fallen in every twenty-four hours, the total quantity would be about 100 feet. Such a rain would denude the mountains of all soil, uproot all trees, sweep away all buildings, dig out new courses for the rivers, completely alter the whole surface of the ground, and cover the lower lands with debris. Wherever there was any obstacle in their way, the waters would deepen in volume, and quickly burst a passage through it. But as they would be seeking the lower grounds during the whole forty days, it is difficult to understand how they could cover any of the heights to the depth of twenty-two feet, unless there were some cosmic convulsion (see Note on Genesis 7:11), by which the waters from the equator were carried towards the poles, and in this way there would be no difficulty in the ark being carried against the current of the Tigris and Euphrates up to the high lands of Armenia.Verse 20. - Fifteen cubits upward - half the height of the ark - did the waters prevail. Literally, become strong; above the highest mountains obviously, and not above the ground simply; as, on the latter alternative, it could scarcely have been added, and the mountains were covered. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The watersהַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen rose גָּבְר֖וּ (gā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently and covered וַיְכֻסּ֖וּ (way·ḵus·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the mountaintops הֶהָרִֽים׃ (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country to a depth מִלְמַ֔עְלָה (mil·ma‘·lāh) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top of fifteen חֲמֵ֨שׁ (ḥă·mêš) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 2568: Five cubits. אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base Links Genesis 7:20 NIVGenesis 7:20 NLT Genesis 7:20 ESV Genesis 7:20 NASB Genesis 7:20 KJV Genesis 7:20 BibleApps.com Genesis 7:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 7:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 7:20 French Bible Genesis 7:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 7:20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward (Gen. 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