Genesis 8:11 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 8:10-11 MSG (The Message)

He waited seven more days and sent out the dove again. It came back in the evening with a freshly picked olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew that the flood was about finished.

Genesis 8:11 KJV (King James Version)

and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Genesis 8:11 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 NCV (New Century Version)

and that evening it came back to him with a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. Then Noah knew that the ground was almost dry.

Genesis 8:11 ASV (American Standard Version)

and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Genesis 8:11 NIV (New International Version)

When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 AMP (Amplified Bible)

The dove came back to him in the evening, and there, in her beak, was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water level had subsided from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 NLT (New Living Translation)

This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.

Genesis 8:11 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Before evening, the dove came back to him—and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! So Noah realized that the waters had finally subsided from the earth.

Genesis 8:11 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.