Genesis 6:12
And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself,—surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11And the earth corrupted itself before God,—and the earth was filled with violence,
Cross References
Genesis 6:4The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown.
Genesis 7:1And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark,—for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.
Genesis 9:12And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you,—to age-abiding generations:—
Genesis 18:20So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,—And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,
Job 22:15The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?
Psalms 14:1The impious hath said in his heart—There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth 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 →