Parallel Verses
Amplified
For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”
New American Standard Bible
For after
King James 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.
Holman Bible
Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
International Standard Version
Seven days from now I'll send rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and I'll destroy every living creature that I've made."
A Conservative Version
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 I will destroy from off the face of the ground.
American Standard Version
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
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For yet seven days, and I will give rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will wipe out every living thing which I made from the face of the earth.
King James 2000
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 earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {within seven days} I will send rain upon the earth [for] forty days and forty nights. And I will blot out all the living creatures that I have made from upon the face of the ground."
Modern King James verseion
For in seven more days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And I will destroy from off the face of the earth every living thing that I have made.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For seven days hence will I send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and will destroy all manner of things that I have made, from off the face of the earth."
NET Bible
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."
New Heart English Bible
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."
The Emphasized Bible
For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, - so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.
Webster
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 the face of the earth.
World English Bible
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
the Deluge » Produced by » Forty days' incessant rain
Elements, control of » General references to the control of the elements
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
Perishing » How the old world perished
Rain » Instances of extraordinary » Time of the flood
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
Topics
Interlinear
Sheba`
Yowm
יום
Yowm
day, time, chronicles , daily, ever, year, continually, when, as, while, full always, whole, alway,
Usage: 2293
'erets
Layil
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 7:4
Prayers for Genesis 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Entering The Ark
3
also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.
4 For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”
5
So Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
Cross References
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
Genesis 7:12
It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, “I will destroy (annihilate) mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth—not only man, but the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air—because it [deeply] grieves Me [to see mankind’s sin] and I regret that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, “I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to
Genesis 7:10
And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.
Job 37:11-12
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
Genesis 2:5
no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be
Genesis 7:21-23
All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.
Genesis 8:10
He waited another seven days and again sent the dove out from the ark.
Genesis 8:12
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove, but she did not return to him again.
Genesis 29:27-28
Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years.”
Exodus 32:32-33
Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of Your book which You have written (kill me)!”
Job 22:16
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
Job 28:25
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
Job 36:27-32
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]
And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).
Amos 4:7
“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
When there were still three months until the harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city,
And on another city I would not send rain;
One piece of ground was rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
Revelation 3:5