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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 grace in the eyes of the Lord. (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 unto me; and if not, I will know. (Gen. 18:21)
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Job 33:27• 27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; (Job 33:27)
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Psa. 14:2• 2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. (Psa. 14:2)
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Psa. 33:13‑14• 13The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
 14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. (Psa. 33:13‑14)
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Psa. 53:2‑3• 2God looked down from heaven 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 altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Psa. 53:2‑3)
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Prov. 15:3• 3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Prov. 15:3)
for all.
Gen. 6:4‑5• 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
 5And 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. 6:4‑5)
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Gen. 7:1,21• 1And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
 21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: (Gen. 7:1,21)
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Gen. 9:12,16‑17• 12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual 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 creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
 17And God said unto Noah, This is the token 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• 15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
 16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
 17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for 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• 19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
 20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1 Peter 3:19‑20)
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2 Peter 2:5• 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing 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.