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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in God&#8217s sight and was full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in God&#8217s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The world was corrupt in God's sight and full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />By this time, the earth had become ruined in God's opinion and filled with violence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the earth shall be corrupted to the face of God; and the earth shall be filled with violence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the earth was corrupt in the view of God and full of lawlessness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The earth was corrupt in the presence of God, and the earth was filled with wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Earth was corrupted before God and the Earth was filled with evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-11.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=1336" 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">10</span>And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><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.">Now the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: wat·tiš·šā·ḥêṯ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">was corrupt</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God,</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.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: wat·tim·mā·lê (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">full</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">of violence.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.…<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="/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="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<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="/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29-32</a></span><br />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. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5-6</a></span><br />The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Ezekiel 7:23</a></span><br />Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a></span><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25-26</a></span><br />“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain. / No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.<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="/job/22-15.htm">Job 22:15-17</a></span><br />Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? / They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. / They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’<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="/jude/1-14.htm">Jude 1:14-15</a></span><br />Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones / to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.</p><p class="hdg">before.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1</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/10-9.htm">Genesis 10:9</a></b></br> He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-13.htm">Genesis 13:13</a></b></br> But the men of Sodom <i>were</i> wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.</p><p class="hdg">filled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-5.htm">Psalm 11:5</a></b></br> The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/55-9.htm">Psalm 55:9</a></b></br> Destroy, O Lord, <i>and</i> divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11</a></b></br> Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/genesis/3-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/genesis/5-24.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">God's</a> <a href="/genesis/16-4.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/genesis/6-12.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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This corruption is not merely a human perspective but is seen from God's viewpoint, emphasizing divine judgment. The Hebrew word for "corrupt" suggests a state of ruin or destruction, indicating that humanity's actions had defiled the earth. This corruption is reminiscent of the fall in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, where sin first entered the world, and it sets the stage for the need for divine intervention. The corruption of the earth can be seen as a precursor to the judgment of the flood, highlighting the seriousness of sin and its consequences. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate redemption through Christ, who restores what was corrupted by sin.<p><b>and full of violence</b><br>The mention of "violence" underscores the extent of humanity's moral decline. The Hebrew word used here implies physical violence, oppression, and injustice, suggesting a society where might makes right and the weak are oppressed. This violence is a direct violation of God's command for humans to love one another and live in peace. The prevalence of violence is a recurring theme in the Bible, often leading to divine judgment, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. This phrase connects to the prophecy of the end times in <a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37</a>, where Jesus compares the days of Noah to the days before His return, indicating a similar state of moral decay and violence. The violence of Noah's time contrasts with the peace and justice that Christ will establish in His kingdom.<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 the earth and its inhabitants. His perspective is central to understanding the moral condition of the world.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>Refers to the physical world and its inhabitants, which have become corrupt and violent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/corruption.htm">Corruption</a></b><br>The moral decay and perversion of God's creation, indicating a departure from His intended order.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/violence.htm">Violence</a></b><br>The manifestation of human sinfulness, characterized by physical harm and moral injustice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah (implied context)</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, Noah is a key figure in the surrounding account, chosen by God to survive the impending judgment due to his righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin.htm">The Reality of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has a pervasive impact on the world, affecting both individuals and societies. Recognizing the reality of sin helps us understand the need for redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_perspective.htm">God's Perspective</a></b><br>God's view of the earth's corruption challenges us to align our values with His, seeking to live righteously in a fallen world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_violence.htm">The Consequences of Violence</a></b><br>Violence is a symptom of deeper spiritual issues. As Christians, we are called to be peacemakers and agents of reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteousness.htm">The Importance of Righteousness</a></b><br>Like Noah, we are called to stand out in a corrupt world by living lives of integrity and faithfulness to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>Despite the corruption, God's plan for redemption through Jesus Christ offers hope and restoration for humanity.<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/key_details_of_noah's_ark.htm">What are the key details of Noah's Ark story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_challenges_come_with_a_tough_path.htm">What challenges arise from choosing a difficult path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_noah's_flood_teach_today.htm">What lessons does Noah's flood story teach us today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_organization_is_hamas.htm">What organization is Hamas?</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>(11) <span class= "bld">The earth.</span>--This is the larger word, and it occurs no less than six times in these three verses, thus indicating a more widespread calamity than if adamah only had been used, as in <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>. But the earth that "was corrupt before God" was not the whole material globe, but that part which man, notably the <span class= "ital">gibborim </span>of <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm" title="There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.">Genesis 6:4</a>, had "filled with violence." Whithersoever man's violence had spread, there his home and all his works, his builded cities, his tilled land, his cattle and stores, must be entirely swept away. An absolutely new beginning was to be made by Noah, such as Adam had to undertake when he was expelled from Paradise. The reason of this necessity is next given.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The earth</span> - <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> its inhabitants, as in ver. 11 (cf. <a href="/genesis/11-1.htm">Genesis 11:1</a>) - mankind being denominated earth because wholly earthly (Chrysostom); <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> the land, which had become defiled through their wickedness (vers. 12, 13; cf. <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">also</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and the earth</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>was corrupt</span> - in a moral sense, the causes and forms of which corruption have already been detailed in the preceding paragraph. The term is elsewhere applied to idolatry, or the sin of perverting and depraving the worship of God (<a href="/exodus/32-7.htm">Exodus 32:7</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Deuteronomy 32:5</a>; <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Judges 2:19</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/27-2.htm">2 Chronicles 27:2</a>); but the special sins of the antediluvians were rather licentiousness and lawlessness - <span class="cmt_word">before God</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> openly, publicly, flagrantly, and presumptuously (cf. <a href="/genesis/10-9.htm">Genesis 10:9</a>); noting the intensity of their wickedness, or intimating the fact that God had <span class="accented">seen</span> their corruption, and so commending the Divine long-suffering (Calvin), - <span class="cmt_word">and the earth was filled with violence</span>. "The outward exhibition of inward carnality" (Murphy); "injurious and cruel dealing, the violating of duties towards men, 'rapines or robberies (Chaldee)'" (Ainsworth). Cf. <a href="/genesis/49-5.htm">Genesis 49:5</a>; <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a>; <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-11.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">Now 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">was corrupt</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiš·šā·ḥêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - 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">in the sight</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">[and]</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">full</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tim·mā·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of violence.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָֽס׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:11 The earth was corrupt before God (Gen. 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