Genesis 6:11
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
- KJV
- The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- WEB
- The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- ASV
- And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- DARBY
- And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.
- BLB
- And the earth was corrupt before the face of God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.
- ÅB
- Men jorden ble fordervet for Guds åsyn, og jorden ble full av urett.
- OTB
- Nå var jorden fordervet i Guds øyne og full av vold.
- B1930
- Men jorden blev fordervet for Guds åsyn, og jorden blev full av urett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:17
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
Read in contextHosea 4:1–2
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:8
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
Read in contextRomans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextEzekiel 28:16
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:18
No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
Read in contextPsalms 140:11
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
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