Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. New Living Translation God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt. English Standard Version And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 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. King James Bible And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. New King James Version So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. New American Standard Bible And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth. NASB 1995 God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. NASB 1977 And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Legacy Standard Bible And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Amplified Bible God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction. Christian Standard Bible God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth. American Standard Version And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. English Revised Version And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives. Good News Translation God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives. International Standard Version God looked at the earth, observing how corrupt its population had become, because the entire human race had corrupted itself. Majority 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. NET Bible God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful. New Heart English Bible God saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. Webster's Bible Translation And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. World English Bible God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And God shall see the earth, and lo, it was corrupted, for all flesh corrupted its way upon the earth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,) Catholic Public Domain Version And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth) New American Bible When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth, New Revised Standard Version And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And God saw the Earth that it was corrupted because everybody had corrupted his way on the Earth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Noah's Favor with God…11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways. Cross References Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Matthew 24:37-39 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. 2 Peter 2:5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Psalm 14:1-3 For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good. / The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. / All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Psalm 53:1-3 For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good. / God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. / All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Romans 1:28-32 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ... Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. Ephesians 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... Job 15:16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water? Hosea 6:7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me. Treasury of Scripture And God looked on the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth. God. Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 18:21 I 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. Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; for all. Genesis 6:4,5 There 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 7:1,21 And 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 9:12,16,17 And 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: … Jump to Previous Corrupt Corrupted Earth Evil Flesh Way WaysJump to Next Corrupt Corrupted Earth Evil Flesh Way WaysGenesis 6 1. The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.8. Noah finds grace. 9. His family line 14. The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark. God looked upon the earth This phrase emphasizes the omniscience and omnipresence of God. The Hebrew word for "looked" is "ra'ah," which means to see, perceive, or consider. It implies a deep, penetrating observation, not just a casual glance. In the context of Genesis, this divine observation signifies God's intimate involvement with His creation. It is a reminder that nothing escapes God's notice, and He is fully aware of the moral state of humanity. This should inspire believers to live righteously, knowing that God sees and knows all. and saw that it was corrupt for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways (1) of living or acting (Proverbs 12:15; 1 Samuel 18:44)'; (2) of worshipping God - ὀδὸς, Acts 19:9, 23 (Psalm 139:24; Amos 8:14). Here it signifies the entire plan and course of life in all its ethical and religious aspects as designed for man by God (cf. Psalm 119:9; and contrast "the way of Cain," Jude 1:11; "the way of Balaam," 2 Peter 2:15) - upon the earth. Hebrew And Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative looked וַיַּ֧רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see upon the earth הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and saw that וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! it was corrupt; נִשְׁחָ֑תָה (niš·ḥā·ṯāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every living creatures בָּשָׂ֛ר (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land had corrupted הִשְׁחִ֧ית (hiš·ḥîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin their ways. דַּרְכּ֖וֹ (dar·kōw) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Genesis 6:12 NIVGenesis 6:12 NLT Genesis 6:12 ESV Genesis 6:12 NASB Genesis 6:12 KJV Genesis 6:12 BibleApps.com Genesis 6:12 Biblia Paralela Genesis 6:12 Chinese Bible Genesis 6:12 French Bible Genesis 6:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 6:12 God saw the earth and saw that (Gen. 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