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21 And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said to himself,[a]Never again will I curse[b] 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[c] all life as I have done. 22 As long as the earth endures,[d] seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:21 Literally “to his heart”
  2. Genesis 8:21 Literally “I will not add to curse again”
  3. Genesis 8:21 Literally “And I will not add again to destroy”
  4. Genesis 8:22 Literally “While all the days of the earth”