Genesis 6:7 “So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

World English Bible

The LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore ye Lord said, I will destroy from the earth the man, whom I haue created, from man to beast, to the creeping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: for I repent that I haue made them.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith, 'I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

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Cross references

“I will”

Psalm 37:20 Proverbs 10:27 Proverbs 16:4 Psalm 24:1 Psalm 24:2

Psalm 37:20 · BSB

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Proverbs 10:27 · BSB

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

Proverbs 16:4 · BSB

The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Psalm 24:2 · BSB

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

“both man, and beast”

Zephaniah 1:3 Romans 3:20–22 Jeremiah 4:22–27 Hosea 4:3 Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 12:4

Zephaniah 1:3 · BSB

“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.

Romans 3:20–22 · BSB

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Jeremiah 4:22–27 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Hosea 4:3 · BSB

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Jeremiah 12:3 · BSB

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

Jeremiah 12:4 · BSB

How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Read Genesis 6