6The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.


In Context

3 Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days-and also afterward-when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

5 The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

6 The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth-men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air-for I am grieved that I have made them."

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord .

Genesis 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:6It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself — unto His heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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