Genesis 7:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Genesis 7:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 7:4 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 7:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.””

Genesis 7:4 — World English Bible

Genesis 7:4 ASV — 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. ”

Genesis 7:4 — American Standard Version

Genesis 7:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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.'”

Genesis 7:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 7:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living being which I have made will I destroy from the ground.”

Genesis 7:4 — Darby Translation

Genesis 7:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“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.”

Genesis 7:4 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 7:4 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“For in yet seven days, I will cause rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing that I have made from upon the face of the ground.””

Genesis 7:4 — The Living Sword

Genesis 7:4 in Context — Genesis 7

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4 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.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Read the full chapter: Genesis 7 — The Great Flood →

What Does Genesis 7:4 Mean?

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