Genesis 6:8
And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 19:19lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me, and I have died;
Psalms 84:11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
Proverbs 3:4And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
Proverbs 12:2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Luke 1:30And the messenger said to her, 'Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
Romans 4:4and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:7-8
Mankind Threatened with Destruction. ( b. c. 2469.) 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father sees… Read the whole commentary →