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Genesis 8:11
King James Version
Genesis 8:11
King James Version
11 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.
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Genesis 8:11
New King James Version
Genesis 8:11
New King James Version
11 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.
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Genesis 8:11
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 8:11
Contemporary English Version
11 It returned in the evening, holding in its beak a green leaf from an olive tree. Noah knew the water was finally going down.
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Genesis 8:11
New International Version
Genesis 8:11
New International Version
11 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.(A)
Genesis 8:11
English Standard Version
Genesis 8:11
English Standard Version
11 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.
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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