Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. New Living Translation So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. English Standard Version And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Berean Standard Bible And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. King James Bible And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. New King James Version And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. New American Standard Bible So the LORD was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. NASB 1995 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. NASB 1977 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Amplified Bible The LORD regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart. Christian Standard Bible the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved. Holman Christian Standard Bible the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. American Standard Version And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH regretted that he had made Adam in the earth, and he was grieved in his heart. Brenton Septuagint Translation then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply. Contemporary English Version He was sorry that he had made them, Douay-Rheims Bible It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, English Revised Version And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken. Good News Translation he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret International Standard Version Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that. JPS Tanakh 1917 And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. Literal Standard Version and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to His heart. Majority Standard Bible And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. New American Bible the LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved. NET Bible The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. New Revised Standard Version And the LORD was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. New Heart English Bible And God was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. World English Bible Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. Young's Literal Translation and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Corruption on the Earth…5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. 6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”… Cross References Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Genesis 6:7 So the LORD said, "I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them." 1 Samuel 15:11 "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night. Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Jeremiah 18:7 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. Treasury of Scripture And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. repented. Exodus 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. grieved. Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! Psalm 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Jump to Previous Earth Filled Grief Grieved Grieveth Heart Pain Repented Repenteth Sorrow SorryJump to Next Earth Filled Grief Grieved Grieveth Heart Pain Repented Repenteth Sorrow SorryGenesis 6 1. The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.8. Noah finds grace. 9. His family line 14. The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark. (6) And it repented the Lord.--If we begin with the omniscience and omnipotence of God as our postulates, everything upon earth must be predestined and immutably fore-ordained. If we start with man's free will, everything will depend upon human choice and action. Both these sides must be true, though our mental powers are too limited to combine them. In Holy Scripture the latter view is kept more prominently in the foreground, because upon it depends human responsibility. Thus here, the overwhelming of mankind by a flood, and the subsequent abbreviation of life, is set before our eyes as painful to the Deity, and contrary to His goodwill towards men, but as necessitated by the extreme depravity of even the chosen Sethite race.Verse 6. - And it repented the Lord. Yinnahem; from naham, to pant, to groan; Niph., to lament, to grieve bemuse of the misery of others, also because of one's own actions; whence to repent (cf. German, rouen; English, rue: Gesenius); = "it grieved him at his heart." "Verbum nostae pravitatae accommodatum" (Chrysostom); "non est perturbatio, sod judi-cium, quo irrogatur pinna;" and again, "poenitudo Dei est mutandorum immutabilis ratio" (Augustine). "Deus est immutabilis; sed cum ii, quos eurat, mutantur, murat ipse res, prout ils expedit quos eurat" (Justin Martyr: Latin Version). "The repentance here ascribed to God does not properly belong to him, but has reference to our understanding of him (Calvin). "The repentance of God does not presuppose any variableness in his nature or purposes" Keil). "A peculiarly strong anthropathic expression, which, however, presents the truth that God, in consistency with his immutability, assumes a changed position in respect to changed man" (Lange). That he had made man on the earth. i.e. that he had created man at all, and in particular that he had settled him on the earth. And it grieved him at his heart. A touching indication that God did not hate man, and a clear proof that, though the Divine purpose is immutable, the Divine nature is not impassible. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the LORDיְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel regretted וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (way·yin·nā·ḥem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction He had made עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make man הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being on the earth, בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and it grieved Him וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·‘aṣ·ṣêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger in אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to His heart. לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre Links Genesis 6:6 NIVGenesis 6:6 NLT Genesis 6:6 ESV Genesis 6:6 NASB Genesis 6:6 KJV Genesis 6:6 BibleApps.com Genesis 6:6 Biblia Paralela Genesis 6:6 Chinese Bible Genesis 6:6 French Bible Genesis 6:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 6:6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made (Gen. 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