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Genesis 6:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 6 · verse 11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.Genesis 6:11 · King James Version
Genesis 6:11 in context
9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- corruptshâchathto decayH7843 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- filledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety - he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-12