Genesis 7:20
It covered the tops of those mountains with about 7 metres of water.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
19The water got so deep that it covered all the big mountains everywhere.
Cross References
Genesis 6:15Listen, this is how big I want you to make the boat. It has to be 140 metres long, and 23 metres wide, and 13½ metres high.
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 →