Genesis 6:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ 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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground–not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air–for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ So the LORD said, “I will wipe off of the land the human race that I’ve created: from human beings to livestock to the crawling things to the birds in the skies, because I regret I ever made them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ he said, "I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them."

Genesis 6:7 Cross References

Genesis 6:6

And יהוה  was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Genesis 7:21

And all flesh died that moved on the earth – birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping creature that creeps on the earth, and all mankind.

Genesis 7:4

“For after seven more days I am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, and shall wipe from the face of the earth all that stand that I created.”

Genesis 8:21

And יהוה  smelled a soothing fragrance, and יהוה  said in His heart, “Never again shall I curse the ground because of man, although the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and never again smite all living creatures, as I have done,

Psalm 37:20

But the wrongdoers shall perish; And the enemies of יהוה, Like the splendour of the meadows they vanish, Like smoke they vanish away.

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of יהוה  prolongs days, But the years of the wrong ones are shortened.

Proverbs 16:4

יהוה  has made all for His purpose, And also the wrong for the day of evil.

Isaiah 27:11

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off, women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding, therefore He who made them has no compassion on them, and He who formed them shows them no favour.

Hosea 4:3

“Therefore the land mourns, and everyone living there languishes, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens. And the fish of the sea are taken away.

Amos 7:3

יהוה  relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said יהוה.

Amos 7:6

יהוה  relented concerning this. “This shall not be either,” said the Master יהוה.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of יהוה. And by the fire of His jealousy all the earth shall be consumed, for He makes a sudden end of all those who dwell in the earth.

Zephaniah 1:2

“I shall snatch away all from the face of the earth,” declares יהוה  –

Zephaniah 1:3

“I snatch away man and beast, I snatch away the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks, with the wrong, when I shall cut off man from the face of the earth,” declares יהוה.

Deuteronomy 28:63

“And it shall be, that as יהוה  rejoiced over you to do you good and increase you, so יהוה  does rejoice over you to destroy you and lay you waste. And you shall be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.

Deuteronomy 29:20

“יהוה  would not forgive him, but rather, the displeasure of יהוה  and His jealousy shall burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book shall settle on him, and יהוה  shall blot out his name from under the heavens.

1 Samuel 15:11

“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