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.
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
17 The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth.
17 Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
17 For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 7:17
Commentary on Genesis 7:17-20
(Read Genesis 7:17-20)
The flood was increasing forty days. The waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed more than twenty feet. There is no place on earth so high as to set men out of the reach of God's judgments. God's hand will find out all his enemies, Psalm 21:8. When the flood thus increased, Noah's ark was lifted up, and the waters which broke down every thing else, bore up the ark. That which to unbelievers betokens death unto death, to the faithful betokens life unto life.