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Genesis 6:12

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

KJV

Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram),

Vulgate

καὶ ἴδεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἦν κατεφθαρμένη, ὅτι κατέφθειρεν πᾶσα σὰρξ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה נִשְׁחָ֑תָה כִּֽי הִשְׁחִ֧ית כָּל בָּשָׂ֛ר אֶת דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ עַל הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§401After that first sin, the world is virtually inundated by sin There is Cain's murder of his brother Abel and the universal corruption which follows in the wake of sin. Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its …

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:19 — By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
  • 2Pet 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Acts 2:17 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old
  • Deut 32:5 — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Gen 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old,
  • Gen 6:8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
  • Gen 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
  • Jer 45:5 — And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
  • Job 22:15 — Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
  • Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
  • John 3:6 — That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • Matt 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
  • Prov 15:3 — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  • Ps 12:1 — Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Ps 14:1 — The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 14:2 — The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
  • Ps 33:13 — The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
  • Ps 53:2 — God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.