GEN 7:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then the flood came onto the earth for forty days, and the water rose so that the wooden chest was lifted up right off the land.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ κατακλυσμὸς τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσαράκοντα νύκτας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐπεπληθύνθη τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐπῇρε τὴν κιβωτὸν, καὶ ὑψώθη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
(Kai egeneto ho kataklusmos tessarakonta haʸmeras kai tessarakonta nuktas epi taʸs gaʸs; kai epeplaʸthunthaʸ to hudōr; kai epaʸre taʸn kibōton, kai hupsōthaʸ apo taʸs gaʸs. )

BrTr And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth.

ULT Then the flood came on the earth for forty days, and the waters increased and lifted the ark so that it rose up off the earth.

UST For forty days and forty nights the flood kept getting deeper and deeper all over the earth, and as the water rose, it lifted up the boat so that it floated on the water above the ground.

BSB § For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

OEB The flood continued for forty days, and the waters increased and raised up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth.

WEBBE The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

LSV And the flood is on the earth [for] forty days, and the waters multiply and lift up the Ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

FBV The flood increased for forty days, lifting the ark so that it floated up from the earth.

T4T It rained for 40 days and nights, and the flood increased. It flooded until the water lifted the boat above the ground.

LEB And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth. And the waters increased, and lifted the ark, and it rose up from the earth.

BBE And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

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JPS And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

ASV And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

DRA And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth.

YLT And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

Drby And the flood was forty days on the earth. And the waters increased, and bore up the ark; and it was lifted up above the earth.

RV And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Wbstr And the flood was forty days upon the earth: and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.

KJB-1769 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

KJB-1611 And the Flood was fortie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare vp the Arke, and it was lift vp aboue the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the fludde came fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the arke, whiche was lyft vp aboue the earth.
(And the fludde came forty days upon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare up the arke, which was lyft up above the earth.)

Gnva Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.
(Then ye/you_all flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare up the Ark, which was lift up above the earth. )

Cvdl Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the water increased, and bare vp the Arcke, and lift it vp ouer ye earth.
(Then came the water floude forty days upon the earth, and the water increased, and bare up the Arcke, and lift it up over ye/you_all earth.)

Wycl And the greet flood was maad fourti daies and fourti niytis on erthe, and the watris weren multiplied, and reiseden the schip on hiy fro erthe.
(And the great flood was made forty days and forty niytis on earth, and the waters were multiplied, and raiseden the ship on high from earth.)

Luth Da kam die Sintflut vierzig Tage auf Erden; und die Wasser wuchsen und huben den Kasten auf und trugen ihn empor über der Erde.
(So came the Sintflut vierzig days on earthn; and the water wuchsen and huben the Kasten on and trugen him/it empor above the/of_the earth.)

ClVg Factumque est diluvium quadraginta diebus super terram: et multiplicatæ sunt aquæ, et elevaverunt arcam in sublime a terra.[fn]
(Factumque it_is diluvium quadraginta days over the_earth/land: and multiplicatæ are aquæ, and elevaverunt the_box in sublime from terra. )

7.17 Quadraginta diebus, etc. ALC. Quadragenario numero pluvia inundavit, qui tribulationem pœnitentiæ ostendit. Post quadraginta dies Nœ fenestram aperuit, significans jejunantibus cœlum aperiri. Unde Moyses, Elias, et ipse Salvator, quadragenario numero jejunia consecravit, tanquam tribus temporibus necessaria, ante legem, sub lege, sub gratia.

7.17 Quadraginta diebus, etc. ALC. Quadragenario number pluvia inundavit, who tribulationem pœnitentiæ ostendit. Post quadraginta days Nœ fenestram aperuit, significans yeyunantibus cœlum aperiri. Unde Moyses, Elias, and exactly_that/himself Salvator, quadragenario number yeyunia consecravit, tanquam tribus temporibus necessaria, before legem, under lege, under gratia.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וַֽ⁠יְהִ֧י הַ⁠מַּבּ֛וּל

and=he/it_was the=flood

Some translations begin this sentence without a conjunction. Do what is natural in your language. Also, notice that verses 17-20 talk about the forty days and nights that the flood kept getting deeper and deeper. Alternate translation: “After that the floodwaters kept getting deeper and deeper” or “The water kept coming”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אַרְבָּעִ֥ים י֖וֹם

forty day

For some languages it may be more natural to put this time phrase first in this sentence and say, “For forty days and forty nights the flood kept getting deeper and deeper all over the earth,” Do what is best in your language. Also see how you translated this phrase in verse 12. Alternate translation: “for forty days and forty nights,”

וַ⁠יִּרְבּ֣וּ הַ⁠מַּ֗יִם

and,increased the=waters

Alternate translation: “and as the water level rose,” or “As the water got deeper and deeper,”

וַ⁠יִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת הַ⁠תֵּבָ֔ה וַ⁠תָּ֖רָם מֵ⁠עַ֥ל הָ⁠אָֽרֶץ

and,lifted DOM the=box and,rose from=under the=earth/land

Alternate translation: “it lifted up the ark so that it floated on the water high above the earth” or “it made the ark rise up off the ground and float.”

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