KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 6:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
WEB World English Bible
God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God said to Noah, ‘An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 6
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.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֱלֹהִ֜יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלְנֹ֗חַH5146 · no.achNoahקֵ֤ץH7093 · qetsendכָּל־H3605 · kolallבָּשָׂר֙H1320 · ba.sarfleshבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeלְפָנַ֔יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמָלְאָ֥הH4390 · ma.leto fillהָאָ֛רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetחָמָ֖סH2555 · cha.masviolenceמִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְהִנְנִ֥יH2005 · henlook!מַשְׁחִיתָ֖םH7843 · sha.chatto ruinאֶת־H854 · etwithהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Hosea 4:1-2Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.Genesis 6:11-12The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.Ezekiel 7:2-6Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.2 Peter 3:10-12But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.2 Peter 3:6-7Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:Amos 8:2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.Genesis 6:4There 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.Genesis 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.Jeremiah 4:23-28I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.Jeremiah 51:13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
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