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Genesis 6:7

What does Genesis 6:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Genesis 6:7 means

Jehovah declares His intention to utterly destroy humanity and all land-dwelling creatures: beasts, creeping things, and birds. This comprehensive destruction is explicitly stated as a consequence of His repentance and grief over having created them, due to their profound wickedness. It marks a severe and complete judgment on the existing world order, signifying a total reset necessitated by the pervasive corruption that had grieved God's heart.

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

Context

This verse is a direct consequence of the previous verses, stating the concrete action God will take as a result of His grief and the widespread human wickedness. It transitions from God's emotional state and observation to His decisive plan of judgment, explaining the scale and totality of the destruction that is to come. This sets the stage for Noah's role.

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.

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