Genesis 6:17

¹⁵ And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

¹⁶ You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

¹⁸ But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

¹⁹ And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
KJV: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
WEB: I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.
ASV: And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
DARBY: For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.
BLB: And I—behold, I, am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh that [has] in it the breath of life from under the heavens. Everything that [is] on the earth shall perish!

ÅB: Og se, jeg vil la en vannflom komme over jorden til å ødelegge alt kjød under himmelen som det er livsånde i; alt som er på jorden, skal omkomme.
OTB: Se, jeg bringer flomvann over jorden for å ødelegge alt kjød som har livets ånde under himmelen; alt på jorden skal omkomme.
B1930: Og se, jeg vil la en vannflom komme over jorden til å ødelegge alt kjød under himmelen som det er livsånde i; alt som er på jorden, skal omkomme.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 7:4
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
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2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
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Genesis 7:21–23
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
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1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
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Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Psalms 107:34
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
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Amos 9:6
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
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Psalms 29:10
The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
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