Gen 9:11 | NETfull | STEP | I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

Genesis 9:11

11 I confirm ^{▼▼ 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”).} my covenant with you: Never again will all living things ^{▼▼ Heb “all flesh.”} be wiped out ^{▼▼ Heb “cut off.”} by the waters of a flood; ^{▼▼ Heb “and all flesh will not be cut off again by the waters of the flood.”} never again will a flood destroy the earth.”