Genesis 6:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And behold, I Myself am bringing a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.

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  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Gen 7:4 : 4 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.
  • Gen 7:21-23 : 21 And all flesh that moved upon the earth perished, birds, cattle, beasts of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every human being. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The LORD sits upon the flood; yes, the LORD sits as King forever.
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass;
  • Isa 54:9 : 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
  • Ezek 5:8 : 8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
  • Ezek 6:3 : 3 And say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
  • Ezek 34:11 : 11 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
  • Ezek 34:20 : 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Amos 9:6 : 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
  • Matt 24:39 : 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
  • Luke 17:27 : 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
  • Rom 5:12-14 : 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned: 13 For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who was to come.
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 8:20-22 : 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope. 21 Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
  • Gen 9:9 : 9 And behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you;
  • Exod 14:17 : 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will gain honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
  • Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: nor is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Job 22:16 : 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
  • Gen 7:15 : 15 And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
  • Gen 7:17 : 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 6:7 : 7 So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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  • Gen 6:11-13
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    11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    12And God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

    13And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • Gen 7:17-24
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    17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.

    18And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

    19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.

    20The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

    21And all flesh that moved upon the earth perished, birds, cattle, beasts of every kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every human being.

    22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

    23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed, both man and cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

    24And the waters prevailed upon the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 7:4
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    4For 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.

  • Gen 6:5-7
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    5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

    6And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

    7So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.

  • Gen 6:18-20
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    18But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

    19And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

    20Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

  • Gen 9:15-17
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    15And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

    16The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.

    17And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.

  • Gen 9:10-11
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    10And with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

    11And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6By which the world that then existed, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Gen 8:17
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    17Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6And Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were upon the earth.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.

    11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened.

    12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Gen 8:1-3
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    1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

    2The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

    3And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.

  • Gen 7:15
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    15And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

  • Gen 7:1
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    1And the LORD said to Noah, "Go, you and all your household, into the ark; for I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation."

  • 2 Pet 2:5
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    5And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Gen 7:8
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    8Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,

  • Gen 6:3
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    3And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

  • Gen 6:16
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    16You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark on its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.