Genesis 9:11

9:11 I confirm ¹  my covenant with you: Never again will all living things ²  be wiped out ³  by the waters of a flood; ⁴  never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

Genesis 6:17

6:17 I am about to bring ⁵  floodwaters ⁶  on the earth to destroy ⁷  from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. ⁸  Everything that is on the earth will die,

Genesis 9:15

9:15 then I will remember my covenant with you ⁹  and with all living creatures of all kinds. ¹⁰  Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy ¹¹  all living things. ¹² 

¹ tn The verb וַהֲקִמֹתִי (vahaqimoti) is a perfect with the vav (ו) consecutive and should be translated with the English present tense, just as the participle at the beginning of the speech was (v. 9). Another option is to translate both forms with the English future tense (“I will confirm”).

² tn Heb “all flesh.”

³ tn Heb “cut off.”

⁴ tn Heb “and all flesh will not be cut off again by the waters of the flood.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew construction uses the independent personal pronoun, followed by a suffixed form of הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) and the a participle used with an imminent future nuance: “As for me, look, I am going to bring.”

⁶ tn Heb “the flood, water.”

⁷ tn The verb שָׁחָת (shakhat, “to destroy”) is repeated yet again, only now in an infinitival form expressing the purpose of the flood.

⁸ tn The Hebrew construction here is different from the previous two; here it is רוּחַ חַיִּים (ruakh khayyim) rather than נֶפֶשׁ הַיָּה (nefesh khayyah) or נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים (nishmat khayyim). It refers to everything that breathes.

⁹ tn Heb “which [is] between me and between you.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “all flesh.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to destroy.”

¹² tn Heb “all flesh.”