King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

KJVu: 1 God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark . God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters decreased.

Notes: "Asswaged" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7918 with a Strong’s definition of "to decrease, abate."

KJV:   2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ;

KJVu: 2 Also, the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained .

KJV:   3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

KJVu: 3 The waters continually receded from the earth , and after 150 days the waters were diminished.

Notes:

KJV:   4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

KJVu: 4 The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the the seventh month.

KJV:   5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

KJVu: 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month . On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

KJV:   6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made :

KJVu: 6 It came to pass at the end of 40 days, that Noah opened the window of the ark , which he had made.

KJV:   7 And he sent forth a raven , which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

KJVu: 7 And he sent forth a raven . It went to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

KJV:   8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ;

KJVu: 8 Also , he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had receded from off the face of the ground .

Notes: "Abated" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7043 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "be slight, of water, be abated, fr off (מֵעַל) earth Genesis 8:8." and the Webster’s dictionary defines "abated" as: "Lessened; decreased…​" The best modern English word to describe this is "receded."

KJV:   9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

KJVu: 9 But the dove found no place to rest the sole of its foot, and it returned to him in the ark, because the waters still covered the whole earth . Then he reached out his hand, and took it, and pulled it into the ark with him.

KJV:   10 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ;

KJVu: 10 He waited another seven days , and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark .

Notes:

KJV:   11 And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

KJVu: 11 And the dove came back to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its mouth. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from off the earth.

Notes: "Pluckt" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H2965 with a Strong’s definition of "fresh-plucked."

KJV:   12 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and sent forth the dove ; which returned not again unto him any more.

KJVu: 12 He waited another seven days and once again sent forth the dove , which did not return to him anymore.

KJV:   13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth 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 dry.

KJVu: 13 And it came to pass in the 601st year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth . Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

KJV:   14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

KJVu: 14 In the second month, on the 27th day of the month, the earth was dry.

KJV:   15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

KJVu: 15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

KJV:   16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

KJVu: 16 "Go forth out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

KJV:   17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh , both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

KJVu: 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh —birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth . That they may breed abundantly , and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth. "

Notes: "Forth" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3318 with a Strong’s definition of "to go or come out."

KJV:   18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him :

KJVu: 18 And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him .

KJV:   19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

KJVu: 19 Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.

KJV:   20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

KJVu: 20 Noah built an altar to the LORD , and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

KJV:   21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake ; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

KJVu: 21 And the LORD smelled a sweet scent and the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake . For the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth . Neither will I ever again kill every living thing as I have done.

Notes:

KJV:   22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

KJVu: 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."