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From two websites: The King James Bible
Genesis 7:

days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered; 20 the waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.

(So this version surely has the mountains 23 feet under water)
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17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

(And this version differs and is not fully clear)
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So here we are to have a literal interpretation of a changing document, both purporting to be the King James Bible, changing before our very eyes from the same scribes who translated it 500 or so years ago.

To me, this speaks to the linguistic parable that is the Bible; a collection of great and noble "stories" founded in antiquity, and interpreted and molded to create the best impact upon first the listener (as few folks could read) and eventually on the reader, once Gutenberg was able to distribute the written version.