Genesis 6:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:19 : 19 behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:
Luke 1:30 : 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God.
Acts 7:46 : 46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
2 Tim 1:18 : 18 (the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
Exod 33:12-17 : 12 And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? 17 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Prov 3:4 : 4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Jer 31:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Ps 145:20 : 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Titus 2:11 : 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
Titus 3:7 : 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Rom 4:4 : 4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Rom 11:6 : 6 But if it is by grace, {G3765} it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 6:9
81%
9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
Gen 7:1
76%
1And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Gen 7:4-7
4 verses
76%
4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
5And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.
6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Gen 8:15
74%
15And God spake unto Noah, saying,
2 Pet 2:5
74%
5and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Heb 11:7
73%
7By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Gen 8:1-2
2 verses
73%
1And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Gen 8:6
73%
6And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Gen 6:6-7
2 verses
73%
6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 7:12
72%
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 9:8
72%
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
1 Pet 3:20
72%
20that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein {G3739} few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
Gen 6:22
72%
22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Gen 6:12-13
2 verses
72%
12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen 8:21
71%
21And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
Gen 7:10
71%
10And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Gen 7:23-24
2 verses
71%
23And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.
24And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
Gen 8:13
71%
13And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.
Gen 9:1
71%
1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:28
70%
28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Gen 6:18
70%
18But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Gen 9:16-17
2 verses
70%
16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 5:29
70%
29and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, [which cometh] because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Gen 8:9
70%
9but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
Prov 3:4
70%
4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Gen 8:18
69%
18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
Gen 7:18
69%
18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.