Genesis 9:15

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“I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.”

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BSBPD

“I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 9:15 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  2. Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
  3. Exodus 28:12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
  4. Leviticus 26:42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
  5. Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
  6. 1 Kings 8:23and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  7. Nehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
  8. Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  9. Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  10. Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
  11. Ezekiel 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
  12. Luke 1:72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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