KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
WEB World English Bible
I will establish my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And 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.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
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:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִי֙H1285 · be.ritcovenantאִתְּכֶ֔םH854 · etwithוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִכָּרֵ֧תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutכָּל־H3605 · kolallבָּשָׂ֛רH1320 · ba.sarfleshע֖וֹדH5750 · odstillמִמֵּ֣יH4325 · ma.yimwaterהַמַּבּ֑וּלH3999 · mab.bulfloodוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beע֛וֹדH5750 · odstillמַבּ֖וּלH3999 · mab.bulfloodלְשַׁחֵ֥תH7843 · sha.chatto ruinהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Isaiah 54:9For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Genesis 8:21-22And 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.2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.Genesis 7:21-23And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:2 Peter 3:11[Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness,
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