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Genesis 9:14

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

KJV

Cumque obduxero nubibus cælum, apparebit arcus meus in nubibus :

Vulgate

καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ συννεφεῖν με νεφέλας ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὀφθήσεται τὸ τόξον μου ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ,

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/הָיָ֕ה בְּ/עַֽנְנִ֥/י עָנָ֖ן עַל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/נִרְאֲתָ֥ה הַ/קֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּ/עָנָֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
עוֹנֵ֤ן
'vnn
verb · 11×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2569Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.5 Noah's offering is pleasing to God, who blesses him and through him all creation, because his he…

Cross-references

  • Ps 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.