Kejadian 8:8

8:8 Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

Yesaya 59:11

59:11 We all growl like bears,

we coo mournfully like doves;

we wait for deliverance, ⁴  but there is none,

for salvation, but it is far from us.

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Noah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:8]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds “from him.” This has not been translated for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.

[8:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb קָלָל (qalal) normally means “to be light, to be slight”; it refers here to the waters receding.

[59:11]  ⁴ tn See the note at v. 9.