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Genesis 8:7

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

KJV

qui egrediebatur, et non revertebatur, donec siccarentur aquæ super terram.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν κόρακα τοῦ ἰδεῖν εἰ κεκόπακεν τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐξελθὼν οὐχ ὑπέστρεψεν ἕως τοῦ ξηρανθῆναι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

ASV

וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת הָֽ/עֹרֵ֑ב וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א יָצוֹא֙ וָ/שׁ֔וֹב עַד יְבֹ֥שֶׁת הַ/מַּ֖יִם מֵ/עַ֥ל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹרֵ֖ב
'rb
noun · 10×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. But what are the things set before us today? Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying. In a tone worthy of the wonder, with all his might he has uttered his voice, saying, Now all this was done. For when he saw the sea and the abyss of the love of God towards man, and that actually come to pass which never had been…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:4 — And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
  • 1Kgs 17:6 — And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
  • Job 38:41 — Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
  • Ps 147:9 — He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.