Genesis 8:12
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
KJV
Expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies : et emisit columbam, quæ non est reversa ultra ad eum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλεν τὴν περιστεράν, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔτι.
LXX
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
ASV
וַ/יִּיָּ֣חֶל ע֔וֹד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וַ/יְשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת הַ/יּוֹנָ֔ה וְ/לֹֽא יָסְפָ֥ה שׁוּב אֵלָ֖י/ו עֽוֹד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
יּוֹנָ֖ה
yvnh
noun · 33×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§701The dove. At the end of the flood, whose symbolism refers to Baptism, a dove released by Noah returns with a fresh olive-tree branch in its beak as a sign that the earth was again habitable.58 When Christ comes up from the water of his baptism, the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes down upon him and remains with him.59 The Spirit comes down and remains in the purified h…
Cross-references
- Gen 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
- Gen 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
- Gen 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
- Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Isa 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait