Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

biblegateway Gen 8:8

Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth's surface had gone down,

Next, he sent out a dove to see if the water was gone from the surface of the ground.

biblegateway Gen 8:8

Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.

bibleoremus Gen 8:8

Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;

Then Noah sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth had subsided.

biblegateway Gen 8:8

He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

biblegateway Gen 8:8

Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The Hebrew text adds “from him.” This has not been translated for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.

³ tn The Hebrew verb קָלָל (qalal) normally means “to be light, to be slight”; it refers here to the waters receding.