And יהוה said, “I am going to wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping creature and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:6 - The Scriptures 1998 And יהוה was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart. American Standard Version (1901) And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Common English Bible The LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and he was heartbroken. Catholic Public Domain Version repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, |
And יהוה said, “I am going to wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping creature and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
And the messenger stretched out His hand over Yerushalayim to destroy it, and יהוה relented concerning the evil, and said to the messenger who was destroying the people, “It is enough, now stop Your hand.” And the messenger of יהוה was by the threshing-floor of Arawnah the Yeḇ
And Elohim sent a messenger to Yerushalayim to destroy it. And as he was destroying, יהוה saw, and relented about the evil, and said to the messenger who was destroying, “Enough! Now stop your hand.” And the messenger of יהוה was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇ
And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His kindness.
יהוה has sworn and does not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Malkitseḏ
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!
“For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘They are a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.’
And יהוה relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.
“If only you had listened to My commands! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
But they rebelled and grieved His Set-apart Spirit, so He turned against them as an enemy, and He fought against them.
“The moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a reign, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,
“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the Master יהוה, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wrong, but that the wrong turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕ
And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to יהוה your Elohim, for He shows favour and is compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.
And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And Elohim relented from the evil which He had said He would do to them, and He did not do it.
And do not grieve the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
“If they were wise, They would understand this, They would consider their latter end!
“For יהוה rightly rules His people And has compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, Shut up or at large.
‘Oh, that they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and to guard all My commands always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
“Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’
And with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.
“I am grieved that I have set up Sha’ul as sovereign, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My words.” And it displeased Shemu’ĕ