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Genesis 7:20

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20The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits4 deep.

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  1. 4A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than twenty feet.

NLTNew Living Translation

rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The waters swelled fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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