Genesis 6:12

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

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

13 And 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.

14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

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
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
KJV
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
WEB
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
ASV
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
DARBY
And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
BLB
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
ÅB
Og Gud så på jorden, og se, den var fordervet; for alt kjød hadde fordervet sin ferd på jorden.
OTB
Gud så på jorden og så at den var fordervet, for alt kjød hadde fordervet sin vei på jorden.
B1930
Og Gud så på jorden, og se, den var fordervet; for alt kjød hadde fordervet sin ferd på jorden.

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