Genesis 6:17

Genesis 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Context of Genesis 6:17

15This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 16Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

Genesis 6:17 word by word

וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶת־הַמַּבּ֥וּל מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לְשַׁחֵ֣ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ חַיִּ֔ים מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֖רֶץ יִגְוָֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And, beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• even I, do bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• a floodמַבּוּלmabbûl · floodH3999
• of watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• all fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• the breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• of lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• from underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• every thingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• shall dieגָּוַעgâva‛ · to dieH1478

Cross-references for Genesis 6:17

• Genesis 6:13So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
• Genesis 7:4Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
• Genesis 9:9“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
• Exodus 14:17I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
• Leviticus 26:28then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.
• Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
• Psalms 29:10The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever.
• Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass,
• Ezekiel 5:8“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.
• Ezekiel 6:3and say: ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
• Ezekiel 34:11“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
• 2 Peter 2:5if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
• Job 22:16They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
• Psalms 93:3The seas have lifted up, Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
• Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

Commentaries on Genesis 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I-do bring a flood - מבול ; mabbul ; a word used only to designate the general deluge, being never applied to signify any other kind of inundation; and does not the Holy Spirit intend to show by this that no other flood was ever like this, and that it should continue to be the sole one of the kind? There have been many partial inundations in various countries, but never more than One general deluge; and we have God's promise, Genesis 9:15, that there…Read the comment
• 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. 17will bring floodwaters upon the earth: Some scholars suggest the great flood might have only covered the ancient Near East, as known to Noah or Moses. But the flood's purpose was to destroy every living thing that breathes (see also 6:7, 11–13; 7:1, 4, 18–23; 8:21). It was also intended to undo creation (see study notes on 1:9–10; 7:11–12). This suggests the great flood covered the entire planet (see also 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5; 3:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Ge 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 6:17

• Animals
• Antediluvians
• Communion
• Faith
• Flood
• Noah
• Ship

In the dictionaries

• Corrupt
• Fill
• Flesh
• Imagination
• Multiply
• Noah
• Renown
• Repent
• Strive
• Violence

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