“I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.”
— WEB
Genesis 9:13
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“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”
— KJV
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”
— ASV
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RAINBOW. (Gen. 9:8-29) I do set my bow in the cloud--set, that is, constitute or appoint. This common and familiar phenomenon being made the pledge of peace, its appearance when showers began to fall would be welcomed with the liveliest feelings of joy.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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