Genesis 8:21
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.
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.
Note a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction
Note for the imagination: or, through the imagination
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.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- smelled
- Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17; Leviticus 26:31; Song of Songs 4:10, 11; Isaiah 65:6; Ezekiel 20:41; Amos 5:21, 22; 2 Corinthians 2:15; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:18
- sweet savour
- Heb. savour of rest. curse.
- Genesis 3:17; Genesis 4:12; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 6:17
- for
- or, though. the imagination.
- Genesis 6:5; Job 14:4; Job 15:14–16; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 58:3; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Isaiah 47:12; Isaiah 47:15; Isaiah 48:8; Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 17:9; Jeremiah 18:12; Matthew 15:19; John 3:6; Romans 1:21; Romans 3:23; Romans 8:7, 8; Ephesians 2:1–3; James 1:14, 15; James 4:1, 2; 1 John 5:19
- neither
- Genesis 9:11–15; Isaiah 54:9, 10
- as I.
- 2 Peter 3:6, 7