Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that
King James Version
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Holman Bible
When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,
International Standard Version
The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.
A Conservative Version
And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Amplified
The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will see that great the evil of man in the earth, and every formation of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the days.
King James 2000
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,
NET Bible
But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The Emphasized Bible
Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Webster
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
World English Bible
Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Themes
Destruction » Why people are destroyed
Evil » The whole » Imagination
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Evil in heart
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Totally depraved
God » The incarnation of Christ, both a mystery and a revelation » Vision of
Heart » The unregenerate » Is full of iniquity
character of the unrenewed Heart » Full of evil imaginations
Holy spirit » Instances of » Antediluvians
Obduracy (hardness) » Instances of » The antediluvians
Sin » All the imaginations of the unrenewed heart are
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » Divine, comprehends all human life
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 6:5
Prayers for Genesis 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment Decreed
4 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 to them, they were mighty men who existed of old, men of renown. 5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was angry to His heart.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;
Proverbs 6:18
a heart that plots wicked plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
Romans 1:28-31
And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before Jehovah, exceedingly so.
Genesis 18:20-21
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
Deuteronomy 29:19
and it happens when he hears the words of this curse, that he shall bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to snatch away the drunken with the thirsty.
Job 15:16
How much more hateful and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
Psalm 14:1-4
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.
Psalm 53:2
God looked down from Heaven on the sons of mankind to see if any was discerning, who was seeking God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart from evil so that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?
Ezekiel 8:9
And he said to me. Go in and see the evil abominations that they do here.
Ezekiel 8:12
And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his image room? For they are saying, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the earth.
Mark 7:21-23
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Romans 3:9-19
What then? Do we excel? No, in no way; for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks all with being under sin,
Ephesians 2:1-3
And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins,
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.