Genesis 6:5

And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha'aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually. + 6:5 Ro 7:18

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

In Context

4HaNefilim were on ha'aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.

6And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha'aretz, and He was grieved in His lev.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were ra'im and chatta'im before Hashem exceedingly.

Deuteronomy 29:19Hashem will not spare him, but then the wrath of Hashem and His kina (jealousy) shall burn against that ish, and kol haalah (all the curses) that are written in this sefer shall fall upon him, and Hashem shall blot out shmo from under Shomayim.

Job 22:15Wilt thou note the orach olam 1 which wicked men have trodden? 1

Psalms 53:2The naval (fool) hath said in his lev, Ein Elohim (There is no G-d). 1 Corrupt are they, and they do abominable iniquity; 1 there is none that doeth tov. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that HaElohim hath made man yashar (upright); + 7:29 Gn 1:27 but they have sought out chishvonot rabbim (many schemes). + 7:29 Gn 3:6-7; Ps 51; Ro 5:12; 3:23

Jeremiah 4:14O Yerushalayim, wash thine lev from rah, 1 that thou mayest be saved. 1 Ad mosai (how long, how much longer) 1 shall thy sinful machsh'vot lodge within thee? 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:5-6

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. We have here a further account of the corruption of the old world. When the sons of God had matched with the daughters of men, though it was very… Read the whole commentary →

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