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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וישבו המים מעל הארץ הלוך ושוב ויחסרו המים--מקצה חמשים ומאת יום
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vySHbv hmym m`l hArTS hlvk vSHvb vyKHsrv hmym--mqTSh KHmSHym vmAt yvm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
reversaeque aquae de terra euntes et redeuntes et coeperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
New King James Version   
And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
21st Century King James Version   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
God's Word   
The water began to recede from the land. At the end of 150 days the water had decreased.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the waters had decreased significantly.
International Standard Version   
Then the flood waters steadily receded, diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days.
NET Bible   
The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.
New American Standard Bible   
and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased.
New International Version   
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,
New Living Translation   
So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days,
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
The World English Bible   
The waters receded from the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The deep water continued to go down for 150 days.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
New Life Version   
The water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less.
The Voice Bible   
All of the waters gradually receded from the land. At last, after 150 days, the waters abated;
Living Bible   
So the flood gradually receded until, 150 days after it began, the boat came to rest upon the mountains of Ararat.
New Catholic Bible   
The waters slowly receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days they had greatly diminished.
Legacy Standard Bible   
and the water receded from the earth, going forth and returning, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and the waters turned back and forth upon the earth, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Christian Standard Bible   
The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the water had decreased significantly.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had diminished.
New Century Version   
The water that covered the earth began to go down. After one hundred fifty days it had gone down so much that the boat touched land again. It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
The Message   
Then God turned his attention to Noah and all the wild animals and farm animals with him on the ship. God caused the wind to blow and the floodwaters began to go down. The underground springs were shut off, the windows of Heaven closed and the rain quit. Inch by inch the water lowered. After 150 days the worst was over.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The waters kept receding from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had abated;
Good News Translation®   
and the water gradually went down for 150 days.
Wycliffe Bible   
And [the] waters turned again from (off) the earth, and went again, and began to be decreased, or assuaged, after an hundred and fifty days.
Contemporary English Version   
For 150 days the water slowly went down.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had abated,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
Common English Bible © 2011   
The waters receded gradually from the earth. After one hundred fifty days, the waters decreased;
Amplified Bible © 2015   
and the waters receded steadily from the earth. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had diminished.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days, the waters had so diminished
New American Standard Bible   
and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased.
The Expanded Bible   
The water that covered the earth began to ·go down [recede]. After one hundred fifty days ·it [L the waters] had ·gone down [abated] so much that the ·boat [ark] touched land again. It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat [C in ancient Urartu, present-day eastern Turkey] on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
Tree of Life Version   
The waters kept receding gradually from upon the land and the waters decreased by the end of 150 days.
Revised Standard Version   
and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
New International Reader's Version   
The water on the earth continued to go down. At the end of the 150 days the water had gone down.
BRG Bible   
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Complete Jewish Bible   
and the water came back from completely covering the earth. It was after 150 days that the water went down.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
and the waters gradually receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had abated;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the waters receded from on ha’aretz continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Names of God Bible   
The water began to recede from the land. At the end of 150 days the water had decreased.
Modern English Version   
The water receded steadily from the earth, and after the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The water that covered the earth began to go down. After 150 days the water was low enough that the boat touched land again. The boat stopped on one of the mountains of Ararat. This was the 17th day of the seventh month.
International Children’s Bible   
The water that covered the earth began to go down. After 150 days the water had gone down so much that the boat touched land again. It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. This was on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
Lexham English Bible   
And the waters receded from the earth gradually, and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.
New International Version - UK   
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,