I say,‘ What if I had not made my covenant with day and night? What if I had not established the laws of heaven and earth?

耶和华如此说：‘若是我立白日黑夜的约不能存住，若是我未曾安排天地的定例，

耶和华如此说：除非我没有立白日黑夜之约，也未曾安排天和地的定例，

耶和华如此说：除非我没有立白日黑夜之约，也未曾安排天和地的定例，

然而，耶和华说，‘正如我决不废弃我所定的昼夜交替和天地运行之律，

耶和华这样说：‘我若没有设立白昼和黑夜的约，或立定天地的定律，

耶和華如此說：若是我立白日黑夜的約不能存住，若是我未曾安排天地的定例，

耶和華如此說：除非我沒有立白日黑夜之約，也未曾安排天和地的定例，

耶和華如此說：除非我沒有立白日黑夜之約，也未曾安排天和地的定例，

然而，耶和華說，『正如我決不廢棄我所定的晝夜交替和天地運行之律，

耶和華這樣說：‘我若沒有設立白晝和黑夜的約，或立定天地的定律，

但永恆主這麼說：我若沒有跟黑夜白晝立我的約，我若沒有立定天地的定律，

耶和華曰、如我所立晝夜之約可廢、如我未定天地之例、

惟我曰、我與晝夜立約、必不爽之、我定天地之例、必不廢之、

主如是云、我所立晝夜之約、所定天地之例、

This is what the Lord says:‘ If I have not made my covenant with day and night and established the laws of heaven and earth,

Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky.

This is what the LORD says: If I do not keep my covenant with the day and with the night, and if I fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,

This is what the Lord says:‘ If My covenant for day and night does not continue, and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,

“ Thus says the Lord:‘ If My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,

Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

This is what the Lord says: If I do not keep My covenant with the day and with the night and fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,

Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant[ be] not with day and night,[ and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

But I, the LORD, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.

Yahweh says:“ If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

You rule over the day and the night. You created the sun and the moon.You decided where the borders of the earth would be. You made both summer and winter.

The Lord made the moon to mark off the seasons. The sun knows when to go down.

The Lord speaks. He makes the sun shine by day. He orders the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the ocean. He makes its waves roar. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.“ Suppose my orders for creation disappear from my sight,” announces the Lord.“ Only then will the people of Israel stop being a nation in my sight.”

The Lord said,“ Could you ever break my covenant with the day? Could you ever break my covenant with the night? Could you ever stop day and night from coming at their appointed times?

“ As long as the earth lasts, there will always be a time to plant and a time to gather the crops. As long as the earth lasts, there will always be cold and heat. There will always be summer and winter, day and night.”

“ I am now making my covenant with you and with all your children who will be born after you.I am making it also with every living creature that was with you in the ark. I am making my covenant with the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals. I am making it with all the creatures that came out of the ark with you. In fact, I am making it with every living thing on earth.Here is my covenant I am making with you. The waters of a flood will never again destroy all life. A flood will never again destroy the earth.”God continued,“ My covenant is between me and you and every living creature with you. It is a covenant for all time to come. Here is the sign of the covenant I am making.I have put my rainbow in the clouds. It will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.Sometimes when I bring clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in them.Then I will remember my covenant between me and you and every kind of living creature. The waters will never again become a flood to destroy all life.When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it. I will remember that my covenant will last forever. It is a covenant between me and every kind of living creature on earth.”So God said to Noah,“ The rainbow is the sign of my covenant. I have made my covenant between me and all life on earth.”