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Genesis 9:12
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KJ21
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:
ASV
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:
AMP
And God said, “This is the token (visible symbol, memorial) of the [solemn] covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;
AMPC
And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
BRG
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:
CSB
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
CSBA
And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
CEB
God said, “This is the symbol of the covenant that I am drawing up between me and you and every living thing with you, on behalf of every future generation.
CJB
God added, “Here is the sign of the covenant I am making between myself and you and every living creature with you, for all generations to come:
CEV
The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.
DARBY
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
DRA
And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
ERV
And God said, “I will give you something to prove that I made this promise to you. It will continue forever to show that I have made an agreement with you and every living thing on earth.
EASY
Then God said, ‘I will show you clearly that I have made this covenant with you, and with every living animal. I will keep this promise for ever, for as long as people live on the earth.
EHV
God also said, “This is the sign of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you that I am giving for all generations to come.
ESV
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
ESVUK
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
EXB
And God said, “This is the sign [C a symbol that represents this relationship between God and Noah; 17:11; Ex. 31:13, 17] of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and you and every living creature that is with you for all future generations.
GNV
Then God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and between every living thing that is with you unto perpetual generations.
GW
God said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come.
GNT
As a sign of this everlasting covenant which I am making with you and with all living beings,
HCSB
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
ICB
And God said, “I am making an agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you. It will continue from now on. This is the sign:
ISV
God also said, “Here’s the symbol that represents the covenant that I’m making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations:
JUB
¶ And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for perpetual ages:
KJV
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:
AKJV
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:
LSB
Then God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am giving to be between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;
LEB
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that is with you for future generations.
TLB
And I seal this promise with this sign:
MSG
God continued, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I’ll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I’ll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth.”
MEV
Then God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations.
NOG
Elohim said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come.
NABRE
God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come:
NASB
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;
NASB1995
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;
NCB
God said, “This will be a sign of the covenant that I establish between me and you and every living creature for all generations.
NCV
And God said, “This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.
NET
And God said, “This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
NIRV
God continued, “My covenant is between me and you and every living creature with you. It is a covenant for all time to come. Here is the sign of the covenant I am making.
NIV
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
NIVUK
And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
NKJV
And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
NLV
Then God said, “This is something special to see for all time, because of the agreement that I am making between Me and you and every living thing that is with you:
NLT
Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
NRSVA
God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
NRSVACE
God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
NRSVCE
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
NRSVUE
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
OJB
And Elohim said, This is the ot (sign) of the brit (covenant) which I make between Me and you and every nefesh chayyah (living creature) that is with you, for dorot olam (perpetual generations);
RGT
Then God said, “This is the sign of the Covenant which I make between Me and you, and between every living thing that is with you, to perpetual generations.
RSV
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
RSVCE
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
TLV
Then God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you for all future generations.
VOICE
As a sign of this perpetual covenant I now make between Me and you and all living creatures along with you, as well as all future generations,
WEB
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:
WYC
And God said, This is the sign of (the) bond of peace, which I give between me and you, and to each living soul which is with you, into everlasting generations. (And God said, This is the sign of the covenant, which I make between me and you, and each living soul which is with you, unto endless generations.)
YLT
And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during;
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