Genesis 7:20
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
19And the waters overcame everything on the earth; and all the mountains under heaven were covered.
Cross References
Genesis 6:15And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
Jeremiah 3:23Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:18-21
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing— forty… Read the whole commentary →