Genesis 6:12

And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

In Context

11And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.

13And God said to Noah, “An end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has been full of violence from their presence; and behold, I am destroying them with the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:4The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterward, when sons of God come in to the daughters of men, and they have borne to them those who [were] the mighty from of old, the men of renown.

Genesis 7:1And YHWH says to Noah, “Come, you and all your house, into the Ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before Me in this generation;

Genesis 9:12And God says, “This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to continuous generations;

Genesis 18:20And YHWH says, “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah—because great; and their sin—because exceedingly grievous:

Job 22:15Do you observe the path of the age, || That men of iniquity have trodden,

Psalms 14:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. A fool has said in his heart, “There is no God”; They have done corruptly, || They have done abominable actions, || There is not a doer of good.

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 →

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