Genesis 9:13

From time to time I will put a rainbow in the sky. It will remind me of my promise that I have made to you and everything on the earth.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

In Context

12Then God said to him, “This is the sign to guarantee that I will keep the promise that I am making to you and to all living creatures, a promise that I will keep forever:

14When I cause rain to fall from the clouds, and a rainbow appears in the sky,

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Cross References

Revelation 4:3He shone like [SIM] a brilliant crystalline jasper jewel and like a brilliant red carnelian jewel. Around the throne was a rainbow that shone like a brilliant green emerald jewel.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:13-18

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: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 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… Read the whole commentary →

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