Genesis 6:12
And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
Cross References
Genesis 6:4Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 7:1And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter thou and all thy + 7:1 Gr. house.family into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 9:12And the Lord God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
Job 22:15Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
Psalms 14:1A Psalm of David. O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? and who shall dwell in thy holy mountain?
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 →