Genesis 8:22
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- KJV
- While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- WEB
- While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”
- ASV
- While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- DARBY
- Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
- BLB
- Throughout all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
- ÅB
- Heretter skal, så lenge jorden står, sæd og høst, og frost og hete, og sommer og vinter, og dag og natt aldri høre opp.
- OTB
- For så lenge jorden består, skal såtid og høst, kulde og varme, sommer og vinter, dag og natt ikke opphøre."
- B1930
- Herefter skal, så lenge jorden står, sæd og høst, og frost og hete, og sommer og vinter, og dag og natt aldri høre op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:24
They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
Read in contextPsalms 74:16–17
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:35
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:11–12
For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:20–26
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
Read in contextIsaiah 54:8–9
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Read in contextExodus 34:21
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
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