Genesis 8:22
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While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
In other translations
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Hebrew words
עֹד'odagainH5750כָּל־kol-allH3605יְמֵיyemei[the] days ofH3117הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776זֶרַעzera'seedH2233וְקָצִירvekatzirand harvestH7105וְקֹרvekorand coldH7120וָחֹםvachomand heatH2527וְקַיִץvekayitzand summerH7019וָחֹרֶףvachorefand winterH2779וְיוֹםveyomand dayH3117וָלַיְלָהvalaylahand nightH3915לֹאlo'notH3808יִשְׁבֹּתוּ׃yishbotuthey will ceaseH7673
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- James 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Psalm 74:16-1716 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. 17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
- Jeremiah 5:24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
- Jeremiah 31:35Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- Song of Solomon 2:11-1211 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;11 For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.
- Jeremiah 33:20-2620 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,20 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, 21 then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne. 22 As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.” 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
- Isaiah 54:8-98 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 9 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.8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer. 9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- Genesis 45:6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
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