Genesis 6:12
And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.
Cross References
Genesis 6:4Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.
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 9:12And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I will give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
Genesis 18:20And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
Job 22:15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
Psalms 14:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God, They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-13
Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2448.) 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.… Read the whole commentary →