Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
KJV
Odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis, et ait : Nequaquam ultra maledicam terræ propter homines : sensus enim et cogitatio humani cordis in malum prona sunt ab adolescentia sua : non igitur ultra percutiam omnem animam viventem sicut feci.
Vulgate
καὶ ὠσφράνθη Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας, καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς διανοηθείς Οὐ προσθήσω ἔτι τοῦ καταράσασθαι τὴν γῆν διὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι ἔγκειται ἡ διάνοια τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπιμελῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκ νεότητος· ⸂⸆⸃ οὐ προσθήσω οὖν ἔτι πατάξαι πᾶσαν σάρκα ζῶσαν καθὼς ἐποίησα.
LXX
And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֣רַח יְהוָה֮ אֶת רֵ֣יחַ הַ/נִּיחֹחַ֒ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל לִבּ֗/וֹ לֹֽא אֹ֠סִף לְ/קַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת הָֽ/אֲדָמָה֙ בַּ/עֲב֣וּר הָֽ/אָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָ/אָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִ/נְּעֻרָ֑י/ו וְ/לֹֽא אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְ/הַכּ֥וֹת אֶת כָּל חַ֖י כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 46×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵ֥צֶר
ytsr
noun · 10×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 499×
ן
n
verb · 11×
נִיחֹ֖חַ
nychch
noun · 43×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עֲב֖וּר
'bvr
noun · 49×
רֵ֥יחַ
rych
noun · 57×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
Themes
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And God remembered Noah. To say that God remembered Noah does not mean he had forgotten him, but that God now manifested his care by making the waters to recede. Noah's offering upon leaving the ark shows that true piety begins with gratitude. God's promise not to curse the ground again for man's sake is a covenant of common grace toward all creatures.
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. Can you live up to all this perfectly? A. No. I have a natural tendency to hate God and my neighbor.
Q. But are we so corrupt that we are totally unable to do any good and inclined toward all evil? A. Yes, unless we are born again by the Spirit of God.
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that unregenerate humanity is not really or totally dead in sins or deprived of all capacity for spiritual good but is able to hunger and thirst for righteousness or life and to offer the sacrifice of a broken and contrite spirit which is pleasing to God.
But since some find fault with us for worshipping and honouring the image of our Saviour and that of our Lady, and those, too, of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them remember that in the beginning God created man after His own image. Genesis 1:26 On what grounds, then, do we show reverence to each other unless because we are made after God's image? For as Ba…
We believe the first man created by God to have fallen in Paradise, when he disregarded the commandment of God and yielded to the deceitful counsel of the serpent. And hence hereditary sin flowed to his posterity; so that none is born after the flesh who beareth not this burden, and who experienceth not the fruits thereof in this present world. But by "burden" and "fruits of si…
Original sin is such a deep corruption of nature that no reason can understand it; it must be believed on the authority of Scripture. All that is born of flesh is flesh and is by nature a child of wrath. Neither works, law, nor human merit can remedy this condition — only the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Melanchthon affirms that original sin is a genuine depravity of human nature, not merely the absence of original righteousness but also a deep inclination toward evil — concupiscence that is truly sin, not merely a neutral condition. Humanity since the Fall lacks the fear of God, lacks trust in God, and is inclined to evil continually. This corruption is inherited from Adam and…
It was not without reason that the ancient proverb so strongly recommended to man the knowledge of himself. For if it is deemed disgraceful to be ignorant of things pertaining to the business of human life, much more disgraceful is self-ignorance, in consequence of which we miserably deceive ourselves in matters of the highest moment, and so walk blindfolded. But the more usefu…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
- 1John 5:19 — And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
- 1Sam 26:19 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be t
- 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
- 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
- 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- 2Pet 3:6 — Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Amos 5:21 — I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
- Amos 5:21 — I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
- Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Eph 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Eph 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Exod 29:18 — And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- Exod 29:18 — And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- Exod 29:25 — And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- Ezek 20:41 — I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
- Gen 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sak
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- 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 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Gen 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Gen 9:16 — And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Gen 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Isa 47:12 — Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
- Isa 47:15 — Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
- Isa 48:8 — Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
- Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isa 54:9 — For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Isa 54:9 — For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Isa 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
- Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Jer 8:6 — I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Jer 18:12 — And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
- Jer 18:12 — And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.