Add parallel Print Page Options

And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind was great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was always[a] only evil. And Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.[b] And Yahweh said, “I will destroy humankind whom I created from upon the face of the earth, from humankind, to animals, to creeping things, and to the birds of heaven,[c] for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:5 Literally “every day”
  2. Genesis 6:6 Literally “he was grieved to his heart”
  3. Genesis 6:7 Or “the sky”

Judgment Decreed

When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,(A) the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth,(B) and he was deeply grieved. Then the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.” Noah, however, found favor with the Lord.(C)

Read full chapter