Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Genesis 9:14 in other translations
| BSB | Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, |
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| WEB | When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud, |
| ASV | And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, |
| YLT | and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud, |
| DARBY | And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, |
| BBE | And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud, |
| Webster | And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: |
What does Genesis 9:14 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17
As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, that drowned the old world, will burn this. Articles of agreement among men are sealed, that what is promised may be the more solemn, and the doing of what is covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of this covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the clouds…
Genesis 9:14 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
- Genesis 9:15
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 destroy all flesh.
Genesis 9:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y será que cuando haré venir nubes sobre la tierra, se dejará ver entonces mi arco en las nubes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il arrivera que quand je ferai venir des nuages sur la terre, alors l’arc apparaîtra dans la nuée, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wird geschehen, wenn ich Wolken über die Erde führe, so soll der Bogen in den Wolken erscheinen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque obduxero nubibus cælum, apparebit arcus meus in nubibus: |