19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. …
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; …
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-20)We are here told, I. How long the flood was increasing— forty days , Gen. 7:17. The profane world, who believed not that it would come, probably when it came flattered themselves with hopes that it would soon abate and never come to extremity; but still it increased, it prevailed. Note, 1. When God judges he will overcome. If he begin, he will make an end; his way is perfect, both in judgment and…
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