Genesis 6:7
And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am + 6:7 Gr. I have thought or reasoned. Alex. ἐθμώθην. I became angry.grieved that I have made them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
6then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.
8But Noe found grace before the Lord God.
Cross References
Psalms 24:1A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
Isaiah 27:11And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come + 27:11 See Heb.from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
Jeremiah 12:3But thou, Lord, knowest me; thou hast proved my heart before thee; purify them for the day of their slaughter.
Zephaniah 1:3Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:7-8
Mankind Threatened with Destruction. ( b. c. 2469.) 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father sees… Read the whole commentary →