Genesis 9:13
“I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.”
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Genesis 9:13 Context
11And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal 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. 12And God said, This is the token of the Couenant which I make betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature that is with you, for perpetuall generations. 13I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth. 14And it shall come to passe, when I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the bow shall be seene in the cloud. 15And I will remember my couenant, which is betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.
- Basic English Bible
I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
- Darby Bible
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Webster's Bible
I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- World English Bible
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
- Youngs Literal Bible
I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 9:13
9:13 I set my bow in the clouds - The rainbow, 'tis likely was seen in the clouds before, but was never a seal of the covenant 'till now. Now, concerning this seal of the covenant, observe, This seal is affixed with repeated assurances of the truth of that promise, which it was designed to be the ratification of; I do set my bow in the cloud, #Ge 9:13|. It shall be seen in the cloud, #Ge 9:14|. and it shall be a token of the covenant, #Ge 9:12|,13. And I will remember my covenant, that the waters shall no more become a flood, #Ge 9:15|. Nay, as if the eternal Mind needed a memorandum, I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant, #Ge 9:16|. The rainbow appears when the clouds are most disposed to wet; when we have most reason to fear the rain prevailing, God shews this seal of the promise that it shall not prevail. The rainbow appears when one part of the sky is clear, which imitates mercy remembered in the midst of wrath, and the clouds are hemmed as it were with the rainbow, that it may not overspread the heavens, for the bow is coloured rain, or the edges of a cloud gilded. As God looks upon the bow that he may remember the covenant, so should we, that we also may be ever mindful of the covenant with faith and thankfulness.