Genesis 9:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”

Genesis 9:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 9:13 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 9:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.”

Genesis 9:13 — World English Bible

Genesis 9:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. ”

Genesis 9:13 — American Standard Version

Genesis 9:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;”

Genesis 9:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 9:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ”

Genesis 9:13 — Darby Translation

Genesis 9:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betweene me and the earth.”

Genesis 9:13 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 9:13 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“My bow I set in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”

Genesis 9:13 — The Living Sword

Genesis 9:13 in Context — Genesis 9

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12 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:

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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What Does Genesis 9:13 Mean?

Genesis 9:13 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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