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 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. 6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast and the animals and the fowls of the air; for I repent of having made them.



Cross References

Isaiah 63:10

But they were rebels and angered his holy Spirit; therefore, he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them.

1 Samuel 15:11

It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments. And it incensed Samuel, and he cried unto the LORD all night.

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD himself repented of that evil and said to the angel that was destroying the people, It is enough; stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingfloor of Araunah, the Jebusite.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

Exodus 32:14

Then the LORD repented of the evil which he said should be done unto his people.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent; he said and shall he not do it? He spoke and shall he not execute it?

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Overcomer of Israel will not lie nor repent concerning this, for he is not a man, that he should repent.

Jeremiah 18:8-10

But if these Gentiles shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.

Deuteronomy 5:29

O that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and with their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 32:29

O that they were wise, if they were prudent, they would understand their latter end!

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the LORD shall judge his people and repent himself for his slaves when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left.

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul because the LORD had repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented of that evil and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan, the Jebusite.

Psalm 78:40

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert!

Psalm 81:13

Oh, if my people would hearken unto me and Israel would walk in my ways!

Psalm 95:10

Forty years long I was grieved with this generation and said, It is a people that err from the heart, who have not known my ways;

Psalm 106:45

and remember his covenant with them and repent according to the multitude of his mercies.

Psalm 110:4

The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Psalm 119:158

I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.

Isaiah 48:18

O that thou would look unto my commandments! Then thy peace would be as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? Did he not fear the LORD and besought the LORD, and the LORD himself repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Shall we commit such great evil against our souls?

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I do not desire the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and that he live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 11:8

How must I leave thee, Ephraim? how shall I give thee up, Israel? how could I make thee as Admah? nor set thee as Zeboim? my heart churns within me; all my compassion is inflamed.

Joel 2:13

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, because they turned from their evil way, and he repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did not do it.

Malachi 3:6

For I am the LORD, I have not changed; therefore, ye sons of Jacob have not been consumed.

Luke 19:41-42

And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it,

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Hebrews 3:10

Therefore, I was indignant with that generation and said, They do always err from their heart, and they have not known my ways.

Hebrews 3:17

But with whom was he indignant forty years? Was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

Hebrews 6:17-18

In which God, desiring to show more abundantly unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath,

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