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.

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21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

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Another angel,(A) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,(B) on the golden altar(C) in front of the throne.

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And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

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The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God(A) from the angel’s hand.

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