Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah will lament that he made man in the earth, and he will be grieved at his heart

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and {he was grieved in his heart}.

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was angry to His heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

he repented that he had made man upon the earth and sorrowed in his heart.

NET Bible

The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth, - and he took sorrow unto his heart.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it repented
נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

the Lord

Usage: 0

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

on the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and it grieved
עצב 
`atsab 
Usage: 17

him at

unto, with, against, at, into, in, before, to, of, upon, by, toward, hath, for, on, beside, from, where, after, within
Usage: 0

References

American

Easton

Sin

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Judgment Decreed

5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”



Cross References

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled
And grieved His Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.

1 Samuel 15:11

I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the Lord all night.

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Ephesians 4:30

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
Has He said, and will He not do it?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

1 Samuel 15:29

Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”

Jeremiah 18:8-10

if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

James 1:17

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!

Deuteronomy 32:29

Would that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would discern their future!

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the Lord will vindicate His people,
And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.

1 Samuel 15:35

Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw and was sorry over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now relax your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 78:40

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!

Psalm 81:13

“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Psalm 95:10

“For forty years I loathed that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.

Psalm 106:45

And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 119:158

I behold the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not keep Your word.

Isaiah 48:18

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, and the Lord changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.”

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’

Hosea 11:8

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
All My compassions are kindled.

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart and not your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And relenting of evil.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

Malachi 3:6

“For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Luke 19:41-42

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

Romans 11:29

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Hebrews 3:10

Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Hebrews 6:17-18

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

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