12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. …
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. …
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? …
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-12)The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah’s piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God’s resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1. All kinds of sin was found among them, for it is said (Gen. 6:11) that the earth was, (1.) Corrupt before God , that…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.