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Genesis 6:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 6 · verse 12
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.Genesis 6:12 · King James Version
Genesis 6:12 in context
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.
14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
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Key words (Strong's)
- corruptshâchathto decayH7843 →
- lookedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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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