Genesis 9:15

Covenant and promises God's faithfulness

¹³ I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

¹⁴ Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

¹⁶ And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

¹⁷ So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

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: I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.
BLB: And I will remember My covenant, that [is] between Me, and between you⁺, and between every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

ÅB: da vil jeg komme i hu den pakt som er mellom meg og dere og alt levende av alt kjød, og vannet skal aldri mere bli en flom som ødelegger alt kjød.
OTB: vil jeg huske min pakt mellom meg og dere og alle levende skapninger av alle slag. Aldri mer skal vannet bli en flom som ødelegger alt kjød.
B1930: da vil jeg komme i hu den pakt som er mellem mig og eder og alt levende av alt kjød, og vannet skal aldri mere bli en flom som ødelegger alt kjød.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
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Isaiah 54:8–10
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.
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Ezekiel 16:60
But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
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Exodus 28:12
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
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Psalms 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
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Leviticus 26:42–45
then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
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1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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Jeremiah 14:21
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
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