Genesis 9:8-17

New King James Version

⁸Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: ⁹“And as for Me, ^(A)behold, I establish ^(B)My covenant with you and with your ^[a]descendants after you, ¹⁰^(C)and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. ¹¹Thus ^(D)I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

¹²And God said: ^(E)“This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: ¹³I set ^(F)My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. ¹⁴It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; ¹⁵and ^(G)I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember ^(H)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ¹⁷And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed

Genesis 9:8-17

Young's Literal Translation

⁸And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,

⁹`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

¹⁰and with every living creature which [is] with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth.

¹¹And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'

¹²And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during;

¹³My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

¹⁴and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

¹⁵and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;

¹⁶and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.'

¹⁷And God saith unto Noah, `This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.'

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Genesis 9:8-17

New American Standard Bible

⁸Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, ⁹“Now behold, ^(A)I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your ^[a]descendants after you; ¹⁰and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, every animal of the earth. ¹¹I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall ^(B)never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, ^(C)nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ¹²God said, “This is ^(D)the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for ^[b]all future generations; ¹³I have set My ^(E)rainbow in the cloud, and it shall ^[c]serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. ¹⁴It shall come about, when I make a cloud appear over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud, ¹⁵and ^(F)I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and ^(G)never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. ¹⁶When the rainbow is in the cloud, then I will look at it, to remember the ^(H)everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ¹⁷And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”