KJV King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
WEB World English Bible
It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.
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