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 Alors l’Éternel dit: Mon esprit ne restera pas à toujours dans l’homme, car l’homme n’est que chair, et ses jours seront de cent vingt ans.
4 Les géants étaient sur la terre en ces temps-là, après que les fils de Dieu furent venus vers les filles des hommes, et qu’elles leur eurent donné des enfants: ce sont ces héros qui furent fameux dans l’antiquité.
5 L’Éternel vit que la méchanceté des hommes était grande sur la terre, et que toutes les pensées de leur cœur se portaient chaque jour uniquement vers le mal.
6 L’Éternel se repentit d’avoir fait l’homme sur la terre, et il fut affligé en son cœur.
7 Et l’Éternel dit: J’exterminerai de la face de la terre l’homme que j’ai créé, depuis l’homme jusqu’au bétail, aux reptiles, et aux oiseaux du ciel; car je me repens de les avoir faits.
What Does Genesis 6:5 Mean?
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