KJV King James Version
For 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.
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Isaiah 54:9
For 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
WEB World English Bible
“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
ASV American Standard Version
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For, the waters of Noah is this to Me, In that I have sworn—the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth—So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 54
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9 For 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.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
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כִּי־H3588 · kiforמֵ֥יH4325 · ma.yimwaterנֹ֙חַ֙H5146 · no.achNoahזֹ֣אתH2063 · zotthisלִ֔יH9030 · nimeאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיH7650 · sha.vato swearמֵעֲבֹ֥רH5674 · a.varto passמֵי־H4325 · ma.yimwaterנֹ֛חַH5146 · no.achNoahע֖וֹדH5750 · odstillעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכֵּ֥ןH3651 · kenrightנִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּיH7650 · sha.vato swearמִקְּצֹ֥ףH7107 · qa.tsaphbe angryעָלַ֖יִךְH5921 · aluponוּמִגְּעָר־H1605 · ga.arto rebukeבָּֽךְ׃H9032 · khyou
Cross-references
Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.Genesis 8:21And 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.Genesis 9:11-16And 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.Hebrews 6:16-18For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.Psalm 104:9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.Jeremiah 33:20-26Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;Isaiah 55:11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.Jeremiah 31:35-36Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:Ezekiel 39:20Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
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