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
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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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