Genesis 6:7

Genesis chapter 6 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Context

v.6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

v.7This passage

v.8But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
Psalms 24:1
The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 16:4
Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.