Genesis 8:21-22
“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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
God's pledge after the Flood — never again to destroy all life by flood, and the unfailing rhythm of the seasons while the earth endures.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
8:21And 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.
8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Fulfillment References
Genesis 9:11-15 Jeremiah 33:20-25 Acts 14:17 2 Peter 3:7
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe God who upholds seedtime and harvest (Acts 14:17) is the one God whose faithfulness to creation foreshadows His faithfulness in salvation.
JewishGod's gracious pledge of cosmic stability and the seasons' constancy — His common-grace faithfulness to all creation.
CatholicGod's faithfulness in upholding creation's order, a sign of His mercy to all.
ProtestantThe reliability of the seasons as God's covenant faithfulness (cf. Jer. 33:20); a common-grace witness (Acts 14:17).
OrthodoxGod's providential sustaining of creation's rhythms.
DispensationalThe Noahic order of nature, upheld until the renewal of all things.
AcademicPart of the Noahic covenant; scholars note its 'common grace' universality, distinct from the later particular covenants.
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