did god say he would never flood the earth again

Yes—according to the Bible, God did say He would never again destroy the whole earth with a flood after Noah’s time.

The Key Verse

Christians most often point to Genesis 9:11 , where God speaks to Noah after the flood:

• God says He is making a covenant that “never again” will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood.
• He also says there will never again be a flood that destroys the entire earth. This is presented as a permanent promise.

The Rainbow Promise

Right after this statement, the Bible says God gives a sign of this covenant:

• The rainbow in the clouds is described as a sign of God’s promise that a worldwide, all‑life‑destroying flood will not happen again.

• Many Christian interpreters emphasize that the promise is specifically about a global, total destruction, not about local or regional floods.

Why Floods Still Happen

People often ask why serious floods still occur if God made this promise:

• A common theological explanation is that God promised not to send another worldwide flood that wipes out all land-dwelling life at once, but the Bible does not say smaller or regional floods would stop.

• Some teachers also note that later passages talk about a different kind of final judgment (by fire, not water), which they see as consistent with the “no more global flood” promise.

TL;DR: In the Bible, God’s covenant after Noah is that He will never again destroy all life or the whole earth with a flood, not that there would never be any floods at all.