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Genesis 6

Gen. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
looked
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and, behold, it was corrupt
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
; for all flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
had corrupted
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
his way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Ministry on This Verse

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God.
Gen. 6:8• 8But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah. (Gen. 6:8)
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Gen. 18:21• 21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it. (Gen. 18:21)
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Job 33:27• 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me; (Job 33:27)
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Psa. 14:2• 2Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. (Psa. 14:2)
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Psa. 33:13‑14• 13Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:
 14From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth; (Psa. 33:13‑14)
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Psa. 53:2‑3• 2God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
 3Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one. (Psa. 53:2‑3)
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Prov. 15:3• 3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Prov. 15:3)
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Gen. 6:4‑5• 4In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.
 5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually. (Gen. 6:4‑5)
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Gen. 7:1,21• 1And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
 21And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawling things which crawl on the earth, and all mankind: (Gen. 7:1,21)
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Gen. 9:12,16‑17• 12And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
 16And 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 soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
 17And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. (Gen. 9:12,16‑17)
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Job 22:15‑17• 15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
 17Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? (Job 22:15‑17)
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Luke 3:6• 6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (Luke 3:6)
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1 Peter 3:19‑20• 19in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,
 20heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: (1 Peter 3:19‑20)
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2 Peter 2:5• 5and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (2 Peter 2:5)
• But bad as the violence may have been, and it was great and prevalent everywhere, the corruption of the earth, and of all flesh in its way, we can read here at least as most of all odious in the eyes of God then. (“The Early Chapters of Genesis: Chapter 6:9-12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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