KJV King James Version
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
WEB World English Bible
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 6
9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֧רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdנִשְׁחָ֑תָהH7843 · sha.chatto ruinכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהִשְׁחִ֧יתH7843 · sha.chatto ruinכָּל־H3605 · kolallבָּשָׂ֛רH1320 · ba.sarfleshאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דַּרְכּ֖וֹH1870 · de.rekhway: conductעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָֽרֶץ׃ סH776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Psalm 53:2-3God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.Psalm 14:1-3To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;Job 22:15-17Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Genesis 6:8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.1 Peter 3:19-20By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Genesis 6:4-5There 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.Psalm 33:13-14The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.Genesis 7:1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.Genesis 7:21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:Luke 3:6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.Genesis 9:16-17And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.Genesis 9:12And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:Genesis 18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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