Genesis 6:11
And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
In Context
10And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.\
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.
Genesis 13:13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.
Psalms 11:5For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
Psalms 140:11And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
Jeremiah 6:7As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me.
Ezekiel 28:16By the multitude of thy merchandise, thy inner parts were filled with iniquity, and thou hast sinned: and I cast thee out from the mountain of God, and destroyed thee, O covering cherub, out of the midst of the stones of 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 →