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Isaiah 54:9

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54:9“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time,13

when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood14 would never again cover the earth.

In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

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Footnotes

  1. 13 The Hebrew text reads literally, “For [or “indeed”] the waters of Noah [is] this to me.” כִּי־מֵי (ki-me, “for the waters of”) should be emended to כְּמֵי (kémey, “like the days of”), which is supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and all the ancient versions except .
  2. 14 Heb “the waters of Noah” (so , , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“This is like the days of Noah to me:

as I swore that the waters of Noah

should no more go over the earth,

so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,

and will not rebuke you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“To me this is like the days of Noah,

when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.

So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,

never to rebuke you again.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“For this is like the days of Noah to me:

when I swore that the water of Noah

would never flood the earth again,

so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you

or rebuke you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Just as I swore in the time of Noah

that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,

so now I swear

that I will never again be angry and punish you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“For this is like the waters of Noah to me,

when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth,

so I swore that I would not be angry at you and rebuke you.

KJV 1900King James Version

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:

For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;

So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.