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Genesis 7

Compare Translations — WEB vs KJV

Bible Compare Genesis 7
Verse 1
WEB

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

KJV

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Verse 2
WEB

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

KJV

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Verse 3
WEB

Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

KJV

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

Verse 4
WEB

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”

KJV

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.

Verse 5
WEB

Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

KJV

And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Verse 6
WEB

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.

KJV

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Verse 7
WEB

Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.

KJV

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Verse 8
WEB

Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

KJV

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Verse 9
WEB

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

KJV

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Verse 10
WEB

After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.

KJV

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Verse 11
WEB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.

KJV

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Verse 12
WEB

It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.

KJV

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Verse 13
WEB

In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—

KJV

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Verse 14
WEB

they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

KJV

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

Verse 15
WEB

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

KJV

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Verse 16
WEB

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

KJV

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Verse 17
WEB

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

KJV

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.

Verse 18
WEB

The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.

KJV

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Verse 19
WEB

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

KJV

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Verse 20
WEB

The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

KJV

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Verse 21
WEB

All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.

KJV

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Verse 22
WEB

All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

KJV

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land , died.

Verse 23
WEB

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.

KJV

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive , and they that were with him in the ark.

Verse 24
WEB

The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

KJV

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.