Genesis 9:10

8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall 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.

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

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 with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
KJV
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
WEB
and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
ASV
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
DARBY
and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark every animal of the earth.
BLB
and with every living creature that [is] with you⁺, among the bird, among the livestock, and among every beast of the earth with you⁺, from all those going out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
ÅB
og med alt levende som er hos dere, både fugler og fe og alle de ville dyr som er hos dere, alt som gikk ut av arken, alt som lever på jorden.
OTB
og med hver levende skapning som er med dere: fuglene, buskapen og alle de ville dyrene, alle som kom ut av arken med dere—hver levende skapning på jorden.
B1930
og med alt levende som er hos eder, både fugler og fe og alle de ville dyr som er hos eder, alt som gikk ut av arken, alt som lever på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 145:9

    The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

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  • Job 38:1–41

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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  • Job 41:1–34

    Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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  • Genesis 9:15–16

    And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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  • Psalms 36:5–6

    Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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  • Genesis 8:1

    And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

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  • Jonah 4:11

    And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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