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for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />God looked on the earth and saw how debased <i>and</i> degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth <i>and</i> lost their true direction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God looked at the earth, observing how corrupt its population had become, because the entire human race had corrupted itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God shall see the earth, and lo, it was corrupted, for all flesh corrupted its way upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And God saw the Earth that it was corrupted because everybody had corrupted his way on the Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-12.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=1341" 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">Noah's Favor with God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">And God</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/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">looked</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">upon the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and saw that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: niš·ḥā·ṯāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">it was corrupt;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">living creatures</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/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: hiš·ḥîṯ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">had corrupted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·kōw (N-csc:: 3ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">their ways.</a> </span><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="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a></span><br />We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good. / The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. / All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Psalm 53:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good. / God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. / All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-1.htm">Ephesians 2:1-3</a></span><br />And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, / in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. / All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-16.htm">Job 15:16</a></span><br />how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And God looked on the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth.</p><p class="hdg">God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8</a></b></br> But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-21.htm">Genesis 18:21</a></b></br> I 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27</a></b></br> He looketh upon men, and <i>if any</i> say, I have sinned, and perverted <i>that which was</i> right, and it profited me not;</p><p class="hdg">for all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Genesis 6:4,5</a></b></br> There 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 <i>children</i> to them, the same <i>became</i> mighty men which <i>were</i> of old, men of renown… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1,21</a></b></br> And 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Genesis 9:12,16,17</a></b></br> And God said, This <i>is</i> the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that <i>is</i> with you, for perpetual generations: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Corrupted</a> <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/6-3.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/3-24.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Corrupted</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Way</a> <a href="/genesis/13-9.htm">Ways</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'; 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God's ability to see and understand the state of the earth is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing His omniscience. In <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, God saw that His creation was "very good," but now He observes a stark contrast. This divine inspection sets the stage for the forthcoming judgment, similar to how God later observes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in <a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>.<p><b>and saw that it was corrupt;</b><br>The term "corrupt" suggests moral decay and deviation from God's intended order. This corruption is not limited to humanity but extends to the entire creation, reflecting the pervasive impact of sin. The Hebrew word used here, "shachath," implies destruction and ruin, indicating that the earth's condition is beyond repair. This corruption is a direct result of humanity's sin, as seen in the narrative of the fall in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>.<p><b>for all living creatures on the earth</b><br>This phrase highlights the universality of the corruption. It includes not only humans but all living beings, suggesting that the sin of humanity has affected the entire creation. This idea is echoed in <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a>, where Paul speaks of creation being subjected to futility and groaning for redemption. The interconnectedness of creation and humanity's role as stewards is evident here, as the fall of man leads to the fall of creation.<p><b>had corrupted their ways.</b><br>The phrase "their ways" refers to the conduct and behavior of all living creatures. This corruption of ways indicates a departure from the path of righteousness and God's design. The use of "ways" can be seen as a metaphor for lifestyle or moral conduct, similar to how the "way of the righteous" is described in <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1</a>. This corruption necessitates divine intervention, foreshadowing the coming flood as a means of purging the earth and starting anew with Noah, who is described as righteous in his generation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who observes the state of His creation. In this verse, God is depicted as the divine judge who assesses the moral condition of the earth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The physical realm created by God, which has become morally and spiritually corrupt due to the actions of its inhabitants.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/all_living_creatures.htm">All Living Creatures</a></b><br>This includes humanity and possibly other forms of life that have deviated from God's intended order, contributing to the corruption.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/corruption.htm">Corruption</a></b><br>The moral and spiritual decay that has permeated the earth, leading to God's decision to intervene.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah (implied)</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, Noah is a key figure in the surrounding account, representing the remnant of righteousness amidst widespread corruption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin.htm">The Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin is pervasive and affects all aspects of creation. It is important to recognize the impact of sin on both individuals and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>God sees and knows the true state of the world. We should live with the awareness that nothing is hidden from Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/moral_responsibility.htm">Moral Responsibility</a></b><br>Despite widespread corruption, individuals are called to maintain righteousness, as exemplified by Noah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_mercy.htm">Divine Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While God judges sin, He also provides a way of salvation, as seen in the account of Noah and the ark.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The corruption of the earth serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and turning back to God.<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/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_covenants.htm">What are the different covenants in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_constitutes_the_flesh.htm">What constitutes the flesh?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.</span>--These material things were incapable alike of moral good or evil, but man had made them the instruments of working his carnal will, and because of the associations connected with them they must be effaced, or <span class= "ital">rubbed out. </span>(See Note on <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm" title="And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repents me that I have made them.">Genesis 6:7</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And God looked upon the earth</span>. "God knows at all times what is doing in our world, but his looking upon the earth denotes a special observance of it, as though he had instituted an inquiry into its real condition" (Bush; cf. <a href="/psalms/14-2.htm">Psalm 14:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/33-13.htm">Psalm 33:13, 14</a>; <a href="/psalms/80-2.htm">Psalm 80:2, 3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And, behold, it was corrupt.</span> "Everything stood in sharpest contradiction with that good state which God the Creator had established" (Delitzsch, quoted by Lange). The nature of this corruption is further indicated. <span class="cmt_word">For all flesh,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the human race, who are so characterized here not so much for their frailty (<a href="/isaiah/40-5.htm">Isaiah 40:5, 6</a>) as for their moral and spiritual degeneracy (<a href="/genesis/6-3.htm">Genesis 6:3</a>, q.v. ) - <span class="cmt_word">had corrupted -</span> <span class="accented">skachath</span> (<span class="greek">καταφθείρω</span>, LXX. ); literally, had destroyed, wrecked, and ruined, wholly subverted and overthrown - <span class="cmt_word">his way</span> - <span class="accented">derech</span> (from <span class="accented">darach</span>, to tread with the feet), a going; hence a journey, a way; e.g. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> of living or acting (<a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Proverbs 12:15</a>; 1 Samuel 18:44)'; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> of worshipping God - <span class="greek">ὀδὸς</span>, <a href="/acts/19-9.htm">Acts 19:9, 23</a> (<a href="/psalms/139-24.htm">Psalm 139:24</a>; <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a>). Here it signifies the entire plan and course of life in all its ethical and religious aspects as designed for man by God (cf. <a href="/psalms/119-9.htm">Psalm 119:9</a>; and contrast "the way of Cain," <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a>; "the way of Balaam," <a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">upon the earth</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-12.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 God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">looked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֧רְא</span> <span class="translit">(way·yar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">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 saw that</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it was corrupt;</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁחָ֑תָה</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ḥā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</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">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">living creatures</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּשָׂ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·śār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">had corrupted</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁחִ֧ית</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their ways.</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(dar·kōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:12 God saw the earth and saw that (Gen. 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