KJV King James Version
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
WEB World English Bible
I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
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.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קַשְׁתִּ֕יH7198 · qe.shetbowנָתַ֖תִּיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבֶּֽעָנָ֑ןH6051 · a.nancloudוְהָֽיְתָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beלְא֣וֹתH226 · otsign: miraculousבְּרִ֔יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantבֵּינִ֖יH996 · ba.yinbetweenוּבֵ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.Revelation 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:Revelation 4:3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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