Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
KJV1611 – Modern English
For in seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
For.vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppo the erth.xl. dayes and.xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that I haue made from of the face of the erth.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yet after seuen dayes, I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made, from of the face of the earth.
Geneva Bible (1560)
For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Webster's Bible (1833)
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'
American Standard Version (1901)
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
American Standard Version (1901)
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.
World English Bible (2000)
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 7:12 : 12 And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- Gen 7:17 : 17 The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.
- Gen 6:7 : 7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe out humanity, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—humans, along with the animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I have made them."
- Gen 6:13 : 13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
- Gen 6:17 : 17 And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.
- Gen 8:12 : 12 He waited another seven days and sent out the dove once again, but she did not return to him anymore.
- Job 22:16 : 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.
- Job 28:25 : 25 When He gave weight to the wind and measured the waters by measure,
- Ps 69:28 : 28 Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.
- Amos 4:7 : 7 I withheld the rain from you when there were still three months until harvest. I caused it to rain on one city but not on another; one field received rain, while another withered due to lack of it.
- Rev 3:5 : 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never blot out their name from the book of life. I will confess their name before my Father and before His angels.
- Gen 7:10 : 10 And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
- Job 37:11-12 : 11 Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them. 12 They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth.
- Gen 7:21-23 : 21 Every living creature that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
- Gen 8:10 : 10 He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Job 36:27-32 : 27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist. 28 The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance. 29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion? 30 Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. 32 He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target.
- Gen 29:27-28 : 27 'Complete this week’s celebration with Leah, and we will give you Rachel also, in return for another seven years of work.' 28 Jacob did so and completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
- Exod 32:32-33 : 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written." 33 The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
- Gen 2:5 : 5 No bush of the field had yet appeared on the earth, and no plant of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no one to work the ground.
- Gen 6:3 : 3 Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with humanity forever, because they are flesh; their days will be 120 years."
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- Gen 7:5-2420 verses88%
5And Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
7Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8From the clean animals, from the animals that are not clean, from the birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground,
9two by two they came to Noah and entered the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
12And the rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
13On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark.
14They, and every wild animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every crawling thing that crawls on the ground according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—all winged creatures—came.
15They came to Noah and entered the ark, two by two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
16Those entering, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him, and the Lord shut him in.
17The flood continued on the earth for forty days. The waters rose and lifted the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.
18The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
19The waters prevailed greatly on the earth, covering all the high mountains under the entire sky.
20The waters rose to a height of fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them completely.
21Every living creature that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
24The waters prevailed on the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
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17And I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life in it, under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.
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7So the Lord said, "I will wipe out humanity, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—humans, along with the animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I have made them."
- Gen 7:1-33 verses78%
1Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.'
2Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, each male and its female, and of the animals that are not clean, take two, each male and its female.
3Also take seven pairs of the birds of the sky, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
- Gen 6:13-142 verses78%
13Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make compartments in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch.
- Gen 8:12-154 verses76%
12He waited another seven days and sent out the dove once again, but she did not return to him anymore.
13In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14By the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was completely dry.
15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:
- Gen 8:6-72 verses76%
6At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.
7He sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
- Gen 8:1-33 verses75%
1And God remembered Noah, along with all the living creatures and the animals that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
2The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3The waters continued to recede from the earth, steadily decreasing, and after one hundred and fifty days, the waters had diminished.
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10He waited another seven days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
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11I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Gen 9:15-162 verses74%
15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.
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17Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.
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5and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,