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The Covenant of the Rainbow

Genesis 9:17

In 11 translations

BSB
So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
KJV
And 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.
WEB
God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
ASV
And 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.
LSV
And God says to Noah, “This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] on the earth.”
YLT
And God saith unto Noah, 'This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.'
DBY
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.Elohim
DRC
And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh upon the earth.
GNV
God said yet to Noah, This is the signe of the couenant, which I haue established betweene me and all flesh that is vpon the earth.
JPS
And 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.'
LXXE
And God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.Gr. and between.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־נֹ֑חַ זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲקִמֹ֔תִי בֵּינִ֕י וּבֵ֥ין כָּל־בָּשָׂ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Νῶε, τοῦτο τὸ σημεῖον τῆς διαθήκης, ἧς διεθέμην ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πάσης σαρκὸς, ἥ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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👤 God👤 Noah◆ God makes a covenant with Noah

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