How many times is flood mentioned in the Bible?
The word flood appears 43 times in the King James Version, in 39 verses. Counting every form (flood, floods), it appears 62 times in 56 verses across 18 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses flood 23 times (35 with every form).
Flood in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of flood counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| flood | 43 | 23 |
| floods | 19 | 12 |
| Total | 62 | 35 |
Which books mention flood most
Flood appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Psalms has the most (13), then Genesis (12) and Job (5).
Also in: Jonah (1), Nahum (1), 2 Peter (1).
First and last mention of flood
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
The verse that uses it most is Psalm 93:3, 3 times:
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Where the two translations differ
29 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 5 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 7:7: counted in the KJV only
And 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.
Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
Genesis 7:10: counted in the KJV only
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
Job 22:11: counted in the World English Bible only
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
Job 38:25: counted in the World English Bible only
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;
Verses with flood on our topic pages
2 verses that use flood in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
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He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
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Common questions
How many times is flood in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 52 of the 62 uses are in the Old Testament and 10 in the New Testament. Flood appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Psalms has the most (13), then Genesis (12) and Job (5).
Where is flood first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 6:17: "And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." The last is Revelation 12:16.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.