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Genesis 8:7

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8:7and sent out a raven; it kept flying12 back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

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  1. 12 Heb “and it went out, going out and returning.” The Hebrew verb יָצָא (yatsa’), translated here “flying,” is modified by two infinitives absolute indicating that the raven went back and forth.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he sent out a raven; it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.