New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 6:12
12God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for 1all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Genesis 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Context of Genesis 6:12
10Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. 14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
Read all of Genesis 6Genesis 6:12 word by word
וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֣ה נִשְׁחָ֑תָה כִּֽי־הִשְׁחִ֧ית כָּל־בָּשָׂ֛ר אֶת־דַּרְכּ֖וֹ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 6:12
- Genesis 6:8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
- Genesis 18:21I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”
- Job 33:27He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.
- Psalms 14:2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 33:13The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men;
- Psalms 53:2God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
- Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.
- Genesis 9:12God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;
- Job 22:15Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked men have trod,
- Luke 3:6And all flesh will see the salvation of God.’”
- 1 Peter 3:19in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
- 2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Commentaries on Genesis 6:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 - Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah‘s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psa 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings of the written word. God chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. As he chooses the rod with which he corrects his children, so he chooses the sword with which he cuts off his enemies. God established…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13See Genesis 6:5–7. violence: The Hebrew word here is khamas. Murder had greatly corrupted Cain's descendants (4:8, 23–24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-222. the sons of God saw the daughters of men--By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and consequently the people of that…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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