Bible verses about "rainbow" | Bishops

¹ And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth ² The feare of you, & the dread of you, shalbe vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery foule of the ayre, vpon al that moueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea, into your hande are they deliuered ³ Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges ⁴ But flesh in the life therof [which is] the blood therof, shall ye not eate ⁵ And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require: at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it, and at the hand of man, at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man ⁶ Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man ⁷ But be fruitefull, and multiplie you, breede in the earth, and increase therein ⁸ God spake also vnto Noah, & to his sonnes with hym, saying ⁹ Beholde, I, euen I establishe my couenaunt with you, and with your seede after you ¹⁰ And with euery liuing creature that is with you, in foule, in cattell, in euery beast of the earth whiche is with you, of all that go out of the arke, whatsoeuer liuing thyng of the earth it be ¹¹ And my couenaunt I make with you, that from hencefoorth euery fleshe be not rooted out with the waters of a fludde, neither shall there be a fludde to destroy the earth any more ¹² And God sayde: this is the token of the couenaut which I make betweene me and you, and euery lyuyng creature that is with you, for euer ¹³ I do set my bowe in the cloude, and it shall be for a token betweene me and the earth ¹⁴ And it shall come to passe, that when I bryng a cloude vpon the earth, the bowe also shalbe seene in ye same cloude ¹⁵ And I wyll thinke vpon my couenaunt whiche is betweene me and you, and euery liuing creature in all fleshe: and it shall no more come to passe, that waters make a fludde to destroy all fleshe ¹⁶ And the bowe shalbe in the cloude, and I wyll loke vpon it, that I may thinke vpon the euerlasting couenaunt, betweene god and euery liuing creature in all fleshe that is vpon the earth ¹⁷ And God sayd vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenaunt which I haue made betweene me and all fleshe that is vpon earth ¹⁸ The sonnes of Noah goyng foorth of the arke, were Sem, Ham, & Iapheth: and Ham is the father of Chanaan ¹⁹ These are the three sonnes of Noah, & of them was the whole earth ouerspread ²⁰ Noah also began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyarde ²¹ And he drynkyng of the wyne, was dronken, and vncouered within his tent ²² And Ham the father of Chanaan, seeyng the nakednesse of his father, tolde his two brethren without ²³ And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse ²⁴ And Noah awoke from his wine, and knewe what his younger sonne had done vnto him ²⁵ And he sayde: cursed be Chanaan, a seruaunt of seruauntes shall he be vnto his brethren ²⁶ He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt ²⁷ God shall enlarge Iapheth: and he shall dwell in the tentes of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt ²⁸ Noah liued after the fludde three hundred and fiftie yeres ²⁹ And all the dayes of Noah, were nine hundred and fiftie yeres, and he dyed

⁹ Understande therfore, that the Lorde thy God he is God, and that a true God, which kepeth appoyntment and mercie vnto them that loue hym and kepe his commaundementes, euen throughout a thousande generations

⁶ And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen ⁷ Since the time of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this day, and because of our wickednesses haue we and our kinges and our priestes ben deliuered into the hande of the kinges of the nations, vnto the sworde, into captiuitie, into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as it is to see this day ⁸ And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God, in causing a remnaunt to escape, and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage ⁹ For we were bondmen, and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia, to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God, and to redresse the desolation therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem ¹⁰ And nowe O our God, what shall we say after this? for we haue forsaken thy commaundementes ¹¹ Whiche thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes, saying: The lande vnto which ye go to possesse, it is an vncleane lande, because of the filthinesse of the people of the landes, whiche with their abhominations haue made it full of vncleannesse on euery syde ¹² Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace and wealth for euer: that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande, and that ye and your children may haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore ¹³ And after that all these thinges are come vpon vs because of our euyll deedes and great trespasses, seyng that thou our God hast stayed vs from beyng beneath for our iniquities, and hast geuen vs such deliuerance ¹⁴ Shoulde we returne to breake thy commaundementes, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of these abhominations? wouldest not thou be angry towardes vs till thou hadst consumed vs, so that there should be no remnaunt, nor any escaping ¹⁵ O Lorde God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we remayne yet escaped, as it is to see this day: Beholde also, in thy presence are we in our trespasses, & because of it may we not stand before thee

⁸ When I was angry I hyd my face from thee for a litle season: but through euerlastyng goodnesse haue I pardoned thee, saith the Lorde thy redeemer ⁹ And this is vnto me as the water of Noe: for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde: so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee, nor reproue thee ¹⁰ The mountaynes shall remoue, and the hylles shall fall downe: but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue, and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee, saith the Lorde thy mercifull louer

¹⁸ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme, are not worthy of the glory which shalbe shewed vpon vs

¹³ I do set my bowe in the cloude, and it shall be for a token betweene me and the earth

³ And he that sate, was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone: and there was a raynebowe about the throne, in sight like to an Emeralde

¹⁶ And the bowe shalbe in the cloude, and I wyll loke vpon it, that I may thinke vpon the euerlasting couenaunt, betweene god and euery liuing creature in all fleshe that is vpon the earth

²⁸ As the likenesse of a bowe that is in a cloude in a raynie day, so was the appearaunce of the brightnesse rounde about: this was the appearaunce of the similitude of the glory of God, & when I sawe it, I fell vpon my face and hearkened vnto the voyce of one that spake

¹ And I sawe another myghtie Angel come downe fro heaue, clothed with a cloude, and ye raynebowe vpon his head, and his face as it were the sunne, and his feete as it were pillers of fyre

⁸ God spake also vnto Noah, & to his sonnes with hym, saying ⁹ Beholde, I, euen I establishe my couenaunt with you, and with your seede after you ¹⁰ And with euery liuing creature that is with you, in foule, in cattell, in euery beast of the earth whiche is with you, of all that go out of the arke, whatsoeuer liuing thyng of the earth it be ¹¹ And my couenaunt I make with you, that from hencefoorth euery fleshe be not rooted out with the waters of a fludde, neither shall there be a fludde to destroy the earth any more ¹² And God sayde: this is the token of the couenaut which I make betweene me and you, and euery lyuyng creature that is with you, for euer ¹³ I do set my bowe in the cloude, and it shall be for a token betweene me and the earth ¹⁴ And it shall come to passe, that when I bryng a cloude vpon the earth, the bowe also shalbe seene in ye same cloude ¹⁵ And I wyll thinke vpon my couenaunt whiche is betweene me and you, and euery liuing creature in all fleshe: and it shall no more come to passe, that waters make a fludde to destroy all fleshe ¹⁶ And the bowe shalbe in the cloude, and I wyll loke vpon it, that I may thinke vpon the euerlasting couenaunt, betweene god and euery liuing creature in all fleshe that is vpon the earth

¹² And God sayde: this is the token of the couenaut which I make betweene me and you, and euery lyuyng creature that is with you, for euer ¹³ I do set my bowe in the cloude, and it shall be for a token betweene me and the earth