Genesis 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to His heart.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

GNV

Then it repented ye Lord, that he had made man in the earth, and he was sorie in his heart.

JPS

And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.

LXXE

then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.

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WLC

וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐνεθυμήθη ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι ἐποίησε τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ διενοήθη.

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• Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
• 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
• Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
• Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
• 2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the…
• Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• Exodus 32:14So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
• Jeremiah 18:8–10But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, and if it does evil…
• Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• 1 Samuel 15:35And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
• Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should…
• 1 Chronicles 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At…
• Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to…

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