Genesis 6:11
Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
In Context
10And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
Psalms 11:5They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”
Jeremiah 6:7Just as a cistern makes its water cold, so has she made her wickedness cold. Iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; sickness and wounds will be ever before me.
Ezekiel 28:16By the multitude of your business dealings, your interior was filled with iniquity, and you sinned. And I cast you away from the mountain of God, and I perished you, O protecting cherub, from the midst of the stones containing fire.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:9-11
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord . 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, v. 8 . This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and… Read the whole commentary →