King James Version
Genesis 6:12 in the King James Version says “And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”
Genesis 6:12 · KJV
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. rooms: Heb. nests
KJV Study — Public Domain
“looked”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and behold it was corrupt”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“and behold it was corrupt”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“for all flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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