Genesis 6:12

And God loked vpon the erth ad loo it was corrupte: for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe.

13Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe. And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:4There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes. For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne

Genesis 7:1And the LORde sayd vnto Noe: goo in to the arcke both thou and all thy houssold. For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion.

Genesis 9:12And God sayd. This is the token of my bode which I make betwene me and yow ad betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever:

Genesis 18:20And the LORde sayde? The crie of Sodome and Gomorra is great and there synne is excedynge grevous.

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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