King James Version

Genesis 7:24

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

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וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּvayigbervand be greatגָּבַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be great”, the next action in the storyH1396to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolentlyexceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.הַמַּ֖יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםchamishimfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּמְאַ֖תumeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.יֽוֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

World English Bible

The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

Darby Translation

And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὑψώθη τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἡμέρας ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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