Verse List for GEN 8:21

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OET (OET-RV) When Yahweh smelt the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I’ll never curse the ground because of humankind again, even though the humankind’s hearts are inclined from their youth to do evil things. And I’ll never again destroy every living thing again like I’ve just done.

OET-LV And_ YHWH _he _smelled DOM the _odour _of (the)_soothing and_ YHWH _he/it _said to his/its_heart not I _will _repeat to_curse again DOM the_soil in_account _of the_humankind if/because the _inclination _of the _heart _of the_humankind is_evil since_youth(s)_of_his and_not I _will _repeat again to_strike _down DOM every _of living_thing just_as I _have _done.

ULT And Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma, and Yahweh said in his heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of mankind, though the inclination of mankind’s hearts, is evil from their youth. And never again will I strike every living, thing as I have done.

UST Yahweh smelled the aroma of the offerings and was pleased, and he thought to himself, “Never again will I curse the ground because of mankind’s sins, even though everything they desire and think about is evil from the time they are children. And never again will I destroy all living creatures the way I just did.

BSB & MSB When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of [his] heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

OEB When the Lord smelled the pleasing odour, he said to himself, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of people because the inclination of their heart is evil from their youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.

NET And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

LSV and YHWH smells the refreshing fragrance, and YHWH says to His heart, “I do not continue to disfavor the ground because of man anymore, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I do not continue to strike all living anymore, as I have done;

FBV The Lord accepted[fn] the sacrifice, and said to himself, “I won't ever again curse the ground because of human beings, even though every single thought in their minds is evil from childhood. I won't ever destroy all life again as I have just done.

T4T When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, “I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time.

LEB And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said _⌊to himself_⌋,[fn] “_⌊Never again will I curse_⌋[fn] the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind is evil from his youth. _⌊Nor will I ever again destroy_⌋[fn] all life as I have done.

BBE And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

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JPS And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

ASV And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

DRA And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

YLT and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

Drby And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.

RV And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
(And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground anymore for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite anymore every thing living, as I have done.)

SLT And Jehovah smelled a smell of sweetness; and Jehovah will say in his heart, I will not gather to curse the earth yet again on account of man; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth: and I will not gather yet again to smite every living thing according to which I did.

Wbstr And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every living animal as I have done.

KJB-1769 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.[fn][fn]
(And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground anymore for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite anymore every thing living, as I have done.)

KJB-1611 And the LORD smelled a [fn]sweete sauour, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe smite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.
(And the Lord smelled a sweet or quiet savour, and the Lord said in his heart: I will not henceforth curse the ground anymore for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is evil even from his youth: neither will I smite/strike anymore every thing living, as I have done.)

Gnva And the Lord smellled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.
(And the Lord smelled a savour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will henceforth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is evil, even from his youth: neither will I smite anymore all things living, as I have done.)

Cvdl And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.
(And ye/you_all LORD smelled the sweet sauor, and said in his heart: I will henceforth curse the earth no more for man’s sake, for the imagination of mans heart is evil, even from the very youth of him. Therefore from henceforth I will no more smite/strike all that liveth/lives, as I have done.)

Wycl And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide;
(And the Lord saverede the odour of sweetness, and said to him, I shall no more curse the earth for men, for the wit and thought of man’s heart been ready in to evil from young wexing age; therefore I shall no more smite/strike each living soul as I dide;)

Luth Und der HErr roch den lieblichen Geruch und sprach in seinem Herzen: Ich will hinfort nicht mehr die Erde verfluchen um der Menschen willen; denn das Dichten des menschlichen Herzens ist böse von Jugend auf. Und ich will hinfort nicht mehr schlagen alles, was da lebet, wie ich getan habe.
(And the/of_the LORD roch the lovely odour and spoke in his heart(s): I will henceforth not more the earth/land/ground curse(v) around/by/for the/of_the people will(v); because/than the compositions the human heart is evil from youth on/in/to. And I will henceforth not more hit/beat all/everything, what/which there lives, as/like I did have.)

ClVg Odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis, et ait: Nequaquam ultra maledicam terræ propter homines: sensus enim et cogitatio humani cordis in malum prona sunt ab adolescentia sua: non igitur ultra percutiam omnem animam viventem sicut feci.[fn]
(Odoratusque it_is Master smell sweetness, and he_said: Not_at_all/By_no_means beyond/besides I_will_curse of_the_earth/land(pl) because people/men: sense because and thought/reflection human of_the_heart in/into/on evil prona are away adolescence his_own: not/no therefore beyond/besides I_will_strike all the_soul living like I_did.)

UHB וַ⁠יָּ֣רַח יְהוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַ⁠נִּיחֹחַ֒ וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗⁠וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִף לְ⁠קַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽ⁠אֲדָמָה֙ בַּ⁠עֲב֣וּר הָֽ⁠אָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָ⁠אָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִ⁠נְּעֻרָ֑י⁠ו וְ⁠לֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְ⁠הַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַ֖י כַּֽ⁠אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ὠσφράνθη Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς διανοηθείς, οὐ προσθήσω ἔτι καταράσασθαι τὴν γῆν διὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ὅτι ἔγκειται ἡ διάνοια τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπιμελῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκ νεότητος αὐτοῦ· οὐ προσθήσω οὖν ἔτι πατάξαι πᾶσαν σάρκα ζῶσαν, καθὼς ἐποίησα.

BrTr And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.