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The Covenant of the Rainbow

Genesis 9:13

In 11 translations

BSB
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
KJV
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
WEB
I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
ASV
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
LSV
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
YLT
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
DBY
I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
DRC
I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me, and between the earth.
GNV
I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betweene me and the earth.
JPS
I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
LXXE
I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֶת־קַשְׁתִּ֕י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Τὸ τόξον μου τίθημι ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς σημεῖον διαθήκης ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς.

Who and where

◆ God makes a covenant with Noah

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Part of

  • Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 1:28The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard…
  • Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
  • Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

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