Genesis 8:5

The Ark Rests on Ararat

4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.5And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Berean Standard Bible
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Bible in Basic English
And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
Free Bible Version
The waters continued to drop so that by the first day of the tenth month the tops of mountains could be seen.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the waters were going and decreasing vntill the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth were the toppes of the mountaines seene.
King James (Authorized) Version
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
One Unity Resource Bible
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
Plain English Version
The flood water kept going down for the next 2½ months, and then they saw the tops of the mountains, sticking up out of the water.
Translation for Translators
The water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month of that year, the tops of other mountains became visible.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
Noah Webster Bible
And the waters decreased continually, till the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
World English Bible
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
Young's Literal Translation
and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.