Genesis 8:5
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.
KJV
At vero aquæ ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem : decimo enim mense, primo die mensis, apparuerunt cacumina montium.
Vulgate
τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ πορευόμενον ἠλαττονοῦτο ἕως τοῦ δεκάτου μηνός· ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ μηνί, τῇ πρώτῃ τοῦ μηνός, ὤφθησαν αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ὀρέων.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/הַ/מַּ֗יִם הָיוּ֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְ/חָס֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ/עֲשִׂירִ֑י בָּֽ/עֲשִׂירִי֙ בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ נִרְא֖וּ רָאשֵׁ֥י הֶֽ/הָרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 14.—That the Years in Those Ancient Times Were of the Same Length as Our Own. Let us now see how it can be plainly made out that in the enormously protracted lives of those men the years were not so short that ten of their years were equal to only one of ours, but were of as great length as our own, which are measured by the course of the sun. It is proved by this, that…
Cross-references
- Ps 104:8 — They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.