Genesis 8:3

Modern

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Traditional

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Literal

And the waters turned back from the earth, going and returning, and the waters decreased at the end of fifty and a hundred days.

Latin

Reversæque sunt aquæ de terra euntes et redeuntes: et cœperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies.

Hebrew

English

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.