no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.
Genesis 7:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living substance and thing that I have made I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away from the face of the earth. 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. Common English Bible In seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will wipe off from the fertile land every living thing that I have made.” Catholic Public Domain Version For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For yet a while, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy every substance that I have made, from the face of the earth. |
no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.
Then God said to Noah, ‘I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
‘Understand that I am bringing a flood #– #floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain with mankind for ever, because they are corrupt. , Their days will be 120 years.’
Then the Lord said, ‘I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky #– #for I regret that I made them.’
The flood continued for forty days on the earth; the water increased and lifted up the ark so that it rose above the earth.
and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky #– #in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.
So Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove from the ark again.
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.
When God fixed the weight of the wind and distributed the water by measure,
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: “I am about to send you off the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the Lord.” ’
I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered.
‘In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.