KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 9:12
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
WEB World English Bible
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:
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And 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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
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:
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.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430 · e.lo.himGodזֹ֤אתH2063 · zotthisאֽוֹת־H226 · otsign: miraculousהַבְּרִית֙H1285 · be.ritcovenantאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIנֹתֵ֗ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבֵּינִי֙H996 · ba.yinbetweenוּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םH996 · ba.yinbetweenוּבֵ֛יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenכָּל־H3605 · kolallנֶ֥פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulחַיָּ֖הH2416 · chayaliveאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאִתְּכֶ֑םH854 · etwithלְדֹרֹ֖תH1755 · dorgenerationעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Genesis 17:11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.Matthew 26:26-28And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.Exodus 12:13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt.Genesis 9:17And 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.Exodus 13:16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.1 Corinthians 11:23-25For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:Joshua 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
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