Genesis 6:7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
KJV
Delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli : pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Ἀπαλείψω τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἐποίησα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους καὶ ἀπὸ ἑρπετῶν ἕως τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ὅτι ἐθυμώθην ὅτι ἐποίησα αὐτούς.
LXX
And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶת הָ/אָדָ֤ם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָ֨אתִי֙ מֵ/עַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֔ה מֵֽ/אָדָם֙ עַד בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד רֶ֖מֶשׂ וְ/עַד ע֣וֹף הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י נִחַ֖מְתִּי כִּ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Prophecy
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2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Gen 6:17 — 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.
- Gen 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
- Hos 4:3 — Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jer 12:3 — But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Prov 16:4 — The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Ps 37:20 — But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Zeph 1:2 — I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
- Zeph 1:3 — I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
- Zeph 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy ridd