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Genesis 7:4

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.

KJV

Adhuc enim, et post dies septem ego pluam super terram quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus : et delebo omnem substantiam, quam feci, de superficie terræ.

Vulgate

ἔτι γὰρ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσεράκοντα νύκτας, καὶ ἐξαλείψω πᾶν τὸ ἀνάστεμα ὃ ἐποίησα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

כִּי֩ לְ/יָמִ֨ים ע֜וֹד שִׁבְעָ֗ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מַמְטִ֣יר עַל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָ֑יְלָה וּ/מָחִ֗יתִי אֶֽת כָּל הַ/יְקוּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי מֵ/עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽ/אֲדָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
'rb'ym
adjective · 135×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
יְקוּם֙
yqvm
noun · 3×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
יַמְטֵ֥ר
ymtr
verb · 17×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark. The faith of Noah is here seen in his prompt obedience. The ark is a type of the Church, in which alone salvation is to be found. The flood is a dreadful testimony of the wrath of God against sin, and a warning to all ages that God is the judge of the world.

Cross-references

  • Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained
  • Gen 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
  • Gen 6:13 — And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
  • Gen 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
  • Gen 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
  • Gen 7:10 — And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
  • Gen 7:12 — And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
  • Gen 7:12 — And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
  • Gen 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
  • Gen 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
  • Gen 7:21 — And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
  • Gen 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
  • Gen 8:12 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
  • Jer 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
  • Job 22:16 — Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
  • Job 24:1 — Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
  • Job 28:25 — To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
  • Job 37:11 — Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
  • Ps 69:28 — Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
  • Rev 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.