Verse Comparison: Genesis 7:17
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
The flood [that is, the downpour of rain] was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted [high] above the land.
Contemporary English Version
For forty days the rain poured down without stopping. And the water became deeper and deeper, until the boat started floating high above the ground.
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
New International Version
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
New King James Version
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
Revised Standard Version
The flood continued forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
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;
