| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. | 1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; |
| 2The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. | 2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; |
| 3And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. | 3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. |
| 4Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. | 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. |
| 5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. | 5And 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. |
| 6So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. | 6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: |
| 7Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. | 7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. |
| 8He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. | 8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; |
| 9But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. | 9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. |
| 10And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. | 10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; |
| 11Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. | 11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. |
| 12So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore. | 12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. |
| 13And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. | 13And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
| 14And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried. | 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. |
| 15Then God spoke to Noah, saying, | 15And God spake unto Noah, saying, |
| 16“Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. | 16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. |
| 17Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” | 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. |
| 18So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. | 18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: |
| 19Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark. | 19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. |
| 20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. | 20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. |
| 21And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. | 21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. |
| 22“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.” | 22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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