Genesis 7:12

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Webster's Revision

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

World English Bible

The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

English Revised Version (ERV)

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clarke's Genesis 7:12 Bible Commentary

The rain was upon the earth - Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the rain began on the 18th day of the second month, or Marcheshvan, and that it ceased on the 28th of the third month, Cisleu.

Wesley's Genesis 7:12 Bible Commentary

7:12 It rained without intermission or abatement, forty days and forty nights - And that upon the whole earth at once.