Tree of Life Version
Genesis 6:11
11Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- New International Version (NIV)Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Context of Genesis 6:11
9These are the genealogies of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was blameless among his generation. Noah continually walked with God. 10Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12God saw the earth, and behold it was ruined because all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is coming before Me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Behold, I am about to bring ruin upon them along with the land.
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וַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לִפְנֵ֣י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 6:11
- Genesis 7:1Then Adonai said to Noah, “Come—you and all your household—into the ark. For you only do I perceive as righteous before Me in this generation.
- Genesis 10:9He was a mighty hunter before Adonai. This is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Adonai.”
- Genesis 13:13But the people of Sodom were evil—very great sinners against Adonai.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against the inhabitants , and you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes, and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ says Adonai.
- Luke 1:6Together they were righteous before Adonai, walking without fault in all His commandments and instructions.
- Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of Torah who are righteous before God; rather, it is the doers of Torah who will be justified.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.
- Psalms 11:5Adonai examines the righteous. But the wicked and one loving violence His soul hates.
- Psalms 55:9I would hurry to my shelter from the rushing wind of the storm.”
- Psalms 140:11Let burning coals fall upon them. May they be cast into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
- Isaiah 60:18No more will violence be heard in your land, devastation nor destruction within your borders. But you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Jeremiah 6:7As a well gushes out its waters, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and havoc are heard in her, sickness and wounds ever before Me.
- Ezekiel 8:17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it too light a thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations they practice here, that they must also fill the land with violence and provoke Me still more? Look, they are putting the twig to My nose!
- Ezekiel 28:16By the abundance of your trade they filled you within with violence. So you have sinned. So I threw you out as a profane thing from the mountain of God. I made you vanish, guardian cheruv, from among the stones of fire.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Adonai, Bnei-Yisrael! For Adonai has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no covenant loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.
- Habakkuk 1:2How long, Adonai, have I cried for help, yet You do not hear? I cry out to You—‘Violence!’ yet You do not deliver.
Commentaries on Genesis 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The earth also was corrupt - See the note on Genesis 6:5.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. 8-11Verses 8-11 Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. Let this be our chief desire, let us labour that we may be accepted of him. When the rest of the world was wicked, Noah kept his integrity. God's good-will towards Noah produced this good work in him…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. 1111. the earth was filled with violence--In the absence of any well-regulated government it is easy to imagine what evils would arise. Men did what was right in their own eyes, and, having no fear of God, destruction and misery were in their ways.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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