Genesis 6:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 6:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 6:5 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 6:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 6:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.”
Genesis 6:5 — World English Bible
Genesis 6:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Genesis 6:5 — American Standard Version
Genesis 6:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;”
Genesis 6:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 6:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Genesis 6:5 — Darby Translation
Genesis 6:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When the Lord sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually,”
Genesis 6:5 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 6:5 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great upon the earth, and every forming of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.”
Genesis 6:5 — The Living Sword
Genesis 6:5 in Context — Genesis 6
3 Y dijo Jehová: No contenderá mi espíritu con el hombre para siempre, porque ciertamente él es carne: mas serán sus días ciento y veinte años.
4 Había gigantes en la tierra en aquellos días, y también después que entraron los hijos de Dios á las hijas de los hombres, y les engendraron hijos: éstos fueron los valientes que desde la antigüedad fueron varones de nombre.
5 Y vió Jehová que la malicia de los hombres [era] mucha en la tierra, y que todo designio de los pensamientos del corazón de ellos era de continuo solamente el mal.
6 Y arrepintióse Jehová de haber hecho hombre en la tierra, y pesóle en su corazón.
7 Y dijo Jehová: Raeré los hombres que he criado de sobre la faz de la tierra, desde el hombre hasta la bestia, y hasta el reptil y las aves del cielo: porque me arrepiento de haberlos hecho.
What Does Genesis 6:5 Mean?
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