I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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- WEB and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- KJV And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- NKJV and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- NASB and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- NLT and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
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Quick answer
God promises to remember His covenant so that floodwaters will never again destroy all flesh. His remembering guarantees His people's security.
Overview
When God says He will remember His covenant, it means He will act faithfully on His promise, not that He had forgotten. The guarantee rests on God's character, not human worthiness. This divine remembering anticipates the covenant faithfulness displayed when God remembers His promise of salvation and sends Christ to save His people.
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- Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- Ezek 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Isa 54:8–10In 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.
- Exod 28:12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
- Lev 26:42–45then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
- 1 Kgs 8:23and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
- Ps 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Luke 1:72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Jer 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Neh 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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