Genesis 7:20 - Compare All Versions
Genesis 7:20 NIV (New International Version)
The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
Genesis 7:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
Genesis 7:20 NLT (New Living Translation)
rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.
Genesis 7:20 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet.
Genesis 7:20 KJV (King James Version)
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:20 NKJV (New King James Version)
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:17-23 MSG (The Message)
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
Genesis 7:20 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)
[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 7:20 NET (New English Translation)
The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.