Genesis 6:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 6:6

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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KJV

King James Version

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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WEB

World English Bible

The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 6

⁴ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

⁵ 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.

⁶ And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

⁷ 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.”

⁸ Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

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