Genesis 6:6 - Revised Version 1885

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and he was heartbroken.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ 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

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

Genesis 6:6 Cross References

Genesis 6:7

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

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Psalm 110:4

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

Psalm 119:158

I beheld the treacherous dealers, and was grieved; Because they observed not thy word.

Psalm 78:40

How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

Psalm 81:13

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

Psalm 95:10

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

Exodus 32:14

And the LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

Isaiah 48:18

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled, and grieved his holy spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 18:7

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and entreat the favour of the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls,

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 11:8

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.

Joel 2:13

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God, for he is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and repenteth him of the evil.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Malachi 3:6

For I the LORD change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

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?

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

Ephesians 4:30

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

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 remaining, shut up or left at large.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh 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!

Hebrews 3:10

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do alway err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

1 Samuel 15:11

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

1 Samuel 15:35

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.