Genesis Chapter 6 verse 12 Holy Bible
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
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And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
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And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
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And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And God looked upon the earth. "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. Psalm 14:2; Psalm 33:13, 14; Psalm 80:2, 3). And, behold, it was corrupt. "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. For all flesh, i.e. the human race, who are so characterized here not so much for their frailty (Isaiah 40:5, 6) as for their moral and spiritual degeneracy (Genesis 6:3, q.v. ) - had corrupted - skachath (καταφθείρω, LXX. ); literally, had destroyed, wrecked, and ruined, wholly subverted and overthrown - his way - derech (from darach, to tread with the feet), a going; hence a journey, a way; e.g. (1) of living or acting (Proverbs 12:15; 1 Samuel 18:44)'; (2) of worshipping God - ὀδὸς, Acts 19:9, 23 (Psalm 139:24; Amos 8:14). Here it signifies the entire plan and course of life in all its ethical and religious aspects as designed for man by God (cf. Psalm 119:9; and contrast "the way of Cain," Jude 1:11; "the way of Balaam," 2 Peter 2:15) - upon the earth.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.--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 rubbed out. (See Note on Genesis 6:7.)
