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It broke his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He was sorry that he had made them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And God was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will lament that he made man in the earth, and he will be grieved at his heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH regretted that he had made Adam in the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered <i>it</i> deeply.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1295" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Corruption on the Earth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: way·yin·nā·ḥem (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">regretted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He had made</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: hā·’ā·ḏām (Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6087.htm" title="6087: way·yiṯ·‘aṣ·ṣêḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to carve, i.e. Fabricate or fashion; hence to worry, pain or anger.">and He was grieved</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">His heart.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a></span><br />So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm">1 Samuel 15:11</a></span><br />“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7-10</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Jonah 3:10</a></span><br />When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a></span><br />And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></span><br />God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm">1 Samuel 15:29</a></span><br />Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40</a></span><br />How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10</a></span><br />For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a></span><br />How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Malachi 3:6</a></span><br />“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a></span><br />Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.</p><p class="hdg">repented.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a></b></br> And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></b></br> God <i>is</i> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <i>it</i>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36</a></b></br> For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that <i>their</i> power is gone, and <i>there is</i> none shut up, or left.</p><p class="hdg">grieved.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/5-29.htm">Deuteronomy 5:29</a></b></br> O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deuteronomy 32:29</a></b></br> O that they were wise, <i>that</i> they understood this, <i>that</i> they would consider their latter end!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Psalm 78:40</a></b></br> How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, <i>and</i> grieve him in the desert!</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-8.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-15.htm">Grieveth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/luke/15-10.htm">Repenteth</a> <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Sorry</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/genesis/21-11.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/ruth/1-13.htm">Grieveth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/exodus/32-14.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Repenteth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Sorry</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Noah finds grace.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">His family line</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the LORD regretted</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of divine regret, which can be challenging to understand. In the context of Genesis, this regret does not imply a mistake by God but rather a change in His relationship with humanity due to their sinfulness. The Hebrew word used here, "nacham," can mean to be sorry, to console oneself, or to repent. It reflects God's sorrow over human wickedness. This anthropomorphic expression helps readers grasp the depth of God's emotional response to sin.<p><b>that He had made man on the earth,</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the specific focus of God's regret: the creation of humanity. It underscores the gravity of human sin, which has corrupted the original purpose of creation. The earth, initially created as a good and harmonious place (<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a>), has become a stage for human rebellion. This sets the stage for the forthcoming judgment through the flood, which serves as both a cleansing and a new beginning for creation.<p><b>and He was grieved in His heart.</b><br>The grief of God is a profound expression of His personal investment in creation. The term "grieved" suggests deep emotional pain, akin to a parent mourning over a wayward child. This phrase emphasizes God's relational nature and His desire for a righteous relationship with humanity. It also foreshadows the ultimate solution to sin through Jesus Christ, who would bear the grief and sorrow of humanity's sin (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-4</a>). This grief is not just an emotional response but a catalyst for divine action, leading to the redemptive plan that unfolds throughout the rest of Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His personal relationship with creation and His sovereignty.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/man.htm">Man (Humanity)</a></b><br>Refers to the human race, which had become corrupt and wicked, prompting God's response.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The setting of humanity's actions and the stage for God's unfolding plan of redemption.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/regret_and_grief_of_god.htm">Regret and Grief of God</a></b><br>An anthropomorphic expression of God's response to human sinfulness, indicating deep sorrow and a change in His dealings with humanity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pre-flood_world.htm">Pre-Flood World</a></b><br>The context in which humanity's wickedness had reached a peak, leading to God's decision to bring about the flood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_regret.htm">Understanding Divine Regret</a></b><br>God's regret is not like human regret; it does not imply a mistake but rather a sorrowful response to human sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin grieves God deeply, affecting His heart. This should lead us to take sin seriously in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_relational_nature.htm">God's Relational Nature</a></b><br>God's grief shows His relational nature and His desire for a righteous relationship with humanity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Recognizing God's grief over sin should lead us to repentance and a desire to align our lives with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>Despite humanity's sin, God's plan for redemption continues, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_'regret'_in_genesis_6_6.htm">In Genesis 6:6, how could an all-knowing God “regret” creating humanity? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_anthropopathism_mean.htm">What does anthropopathism mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_open_theism.htm">What defines the concept of Open Theism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_repent_if_he's_omniscient.htm">Why does the Bible teach that God "repents" (Genesis 6:6, Exodus 32:14) if He is omniscient and never makes mistakes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">And it repented the Lord.</span>--If we begin with the omniscience and omnipotence of God as our postulates, everything upon earth must be predestined and immutably fore-ordained. If we start with man's free will, everything will depend upon human choice and action. Both these sides must be true, though our mental powers are too limited to combine them. In Holy Scripture the latter view is kept more prominently in the foreground, because upon it depends human responsibility. Thus here, the overwhelming of mankind by a flood, and the subsequent abbreviation of life, is set before our eyes as painful to the Deity, and contrary to His goodwill towards men, but as necessitated by the extreme depravity of even the chosen Sethite race.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And it repented the Lord</span>. <span class="accented">Yinnahem</span>; from <span class="accented">naham</span>, to pant, to groan; Niph., to lament, to grieve bemuse of the misery of others, also because of one's own actions; whence to repent (cf. German, <span class="accented">rouen</span>; English, <span class="accented">rue</span>: Gesenius); = "it grieved him at his heart." "Verbum nostae pravitatae accommodatum" (Chrysostom); "non est perturbatio, sod judi-cium, quo irrogatur pinna;" and again, "poenitudo Dei est mutandorum immutabilis ratio" (Augustine). "Deus est immutabilis; sed cum ii, quos eurat, mutantur, murat ipse res, prout ils expedit quos eurat" (Justin Martyr: Latin Version). "<span class="accented">The</span> repentance here ascribed to God does not properly belong to him, but has reference to our understanding of him (Calvin). "The repentance of God does not presuppose any variableness in his nature or purposes" Keil). "A peculiarly strong anthropathic expression, which, however, presents the truth that God, in consistency with his immutability, assumes a changed position in respect to changed man" (Lange). <span class="cmt_word">That he had made man on the earth</span>. <span class="accented">i.e.</span> that he had created man at all, and in particular that he had settled him on the earth. <span class="cmt_word">And it grieved him at his heart.</span> A touching indication that God did not hate man, and a clear proof that, though the Divine purpose is immutable, the Divine nature is not impassible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">regretted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yin·nā·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He had made</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the earth,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and it grieved Him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·‘aṣ·ṣêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6087.htm">Strong's 6087: </a> </span><span class="str2">To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His heart.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-6.htm">Genesis 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made (Gen. 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