Genesis 8:22 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 8:22

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

BSB

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ASV

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

KJV

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ephrem the Syrian

COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.13.3 (373)

And because there was neither planting nor harvest during that year and the seasonal cycles had been disturbed, God restored to the earth that which had been taken away in his anger.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is constant in this inconstancy. These seasons have never ceased, nor shall cease, while the sun continued such a steady measurer of time and the moon such a faithful witness in heaven. This is God's covenant of the day and of the night, the stability of which is mentioned for the confirming of our faith in the covenant of grace, which is no less inviolable, Jer. xxxiii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, etc. - There is something very expressive in the original, עד כל ימי הארץ od col yemey haarets, until all the Days of the earth; for God does not reckon its duration by centuries, and the words themselves afford a strong presumption that the earth shall not have an endless duration. Seed-time and harvest - It is very probable that the seasons, which were distinctly marked immediately after the deluge, are mentioned in this place; but it is difficult to ascertain them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹ֖ד	'od	again	H5750 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יְמֵ֣י	ye.Mei	[the] days of	H3117 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
זֶ֡רַע	Ze.ra'	seed	H2233 →
וְ֠קָצִיר	Ve.ka.tzir	and harvest	H7105 →
וְקֹ֨ר	ve.Kor	and cold	H7120 →
וָחֹ֜ם	va.Chom	and heat	H2527 →
וְקַ֧יִץ	ve.Ka.yitz	and summer	H7019 →
וָחֹ֛רֶף	va.Cho.ref	and winter	H2779 →
וְי֥וֹם	ve.Yom	and day	H3117 →
וָלַ֖יְלָה	va.Lay.lah	and night	H3915 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃	yish.Bo.tu	they will cease	H7673 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 5:7
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.
leads to
- Joel 2:23
  Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 12:1–3
  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Galatians 6:9
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Deuteronomy 11:14
  then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
Through
Jeremiah 5:24
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.’
leads to
- Psalms 147:8
  who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Through
Jeremiah 31:35
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:16
  The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Isaiah 51:15
  For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis