Genesis 6:5

Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.

Translation for Translators

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

4There were giants called Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time some of the Nephil men who ◄belonged to/believed in► God had sex [EUP] with women who did not ◄belong to/believe in► God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.

6Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13You need to know that people who lived there were extremely wicked.

Deuteronomy 29:19“Be sure that no one here today who hears this agreement thinks, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you are stubborn like that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually get rid of all of you, both good people and evil people [MET].

Job 22:15Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done for many years?

Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven and sees humans; he looks to see if anyone is very wise, with the result that he seeks to know God.

Ecclesiastes 7:29But I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things.

Jeremiah 4:14You people of Jerusalem [APO], purify your hearts/inner beings, in order that Yahweh will rescue you. How long will you continue to think about doing evil things?

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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