Genesis 7:4
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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
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.
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
For yet{H5750} seven{H7651} days,{H3117} and I will cause it to rain{H4305} upon the earth{H776} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights;{H3915} and every{H3605} living thing{H3351} that I have made{H6213} will I destroy{H4229} from off{H5921} the face{H6440} of the ground.{H127}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
For yet{H5750} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, and I will cause it to rain{H4305}{(H8688)} upon the earth{H776} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915}; and every{H3605} living substance{H3351} that I have made{H6213}{(H8804)} will I destroy{H4229}{(H8804)} from off{H5921} the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.
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 was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- 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 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.
- Gen 6:17 : 17 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.
- Gen 8:12 : 12 And he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which did not return to him anymore.
- Job 22:16 : 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
- Job 28:25 : 25 To make a weight for the winds, and he measures the waters by measure.
- Ps 69:28 : 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
- Amos 4:7 : 7 And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were still three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece where it did not rain withered.
- Rev 3:5 : 5 He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Gen 7:10 : 10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.
- Job 37:11-12 : 11 Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud. 12 And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in 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.
- Gen 8:10 : 10 And he waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- Job 36:27-32 : 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor: 28 Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly. 29 Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent? 30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them he judges the people; he gives food in abundance. 32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
- Gen 29:27-28 : 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years. 28 And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also.
- Exod 32:32-33 : 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written." 33 The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, him I will blot out of My book.
- Gen 2:5 : 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
- Gen 6:3 : 3 And 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.
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- Gen 7:5-2420 verses88%
5 And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were upon the earth.
7 And Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark because of the floodwaters.
8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,
9 They went in two by two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth.
11 In 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.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On the same day, Noah entered, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
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.
18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
20 The waters covered them fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
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.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth for one hundred and fifty days.
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17 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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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 7:1-33 verses78%
1 And 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 Of every clean animal, you shall take with you seven pairs, the male and his female; and of animals that are not clean, two, the male and his female.
3 Of birds also of the air, seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
- Gen 6:13-142 verses78%
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.
14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
- Gen 8:12-154 verses76%
12 And he waited another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which did not return to him anymore.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Gen 8:6-72 verses76%
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went back and forth until the waters were dried up from the earth.
- Gen 8:1-33 verses75%
1 And 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.
2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 And the waters receded continually from the earth, and after one hundred and fifty days the waters were diminished.
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10 And he waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
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11 And 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.
- Gen 9:15-162 verses74%
15 And 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.
16 The 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.
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17 Bring 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.
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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;