Genesis 7:20
Even the highest mountains were covered by more than ◄20 feet/6 meters► of water.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
In Context
19The water rose all over the earth until it covered all the mountains.
Cross References
Genesis 6:15This is the size you must make it: It shall be ◄150 yards/135 meters► long, ◄25 yards/22.5 meters► wide, and ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► high.
Jeremiah 3:23We did not get any help from the idols that we worshiped on the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
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 →