Genesis 6:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ And יהוה was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in 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,

Genesis 6:6 Cross References

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved His Set-apart Spirit, so He turned against them as an enemy, and He fought against them.

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’ĕl, and he cried to יהוה all night.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Hebrews 3:10

“Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’

1 Samuel 15:29

“Moreover, the Eminence of Yisra’ĕl does not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.”

2 Samuel 24:16

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 Yeḇusite.

Numbers 23:19

"Ěl is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it; or spoken, and would not confirm it?

Jonah 3:10

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.

Joel 2:13

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 loving-commitment, and He shall relent concerning the evil.

Exodus 32:14

And יהוה relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.

Ezekiel 33:11

“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’ĕl?’

Jeremiah 26:19

“Did Ḥizqiyahu sovereign of Yehuḏah and all Yehuḏah indeed put him to death? Did he not fear יהוה and seek the favour of יהוה? And the Master relented concerning the evil which He had pronounced against them. But we are doing great evil against ourselves.”

1 Chronicles 21:15

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 Yeḇusite.

Isaiah 48:18

“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.

Psalm 106:45

And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His loving-commitment.

1 Samuel 15:35

And Shemu’ĕl did not see Sha’ul again until the day of his death, for Shemu’ĕl mourned for Sha’ul. And יהוה was grieved that He had made Sha’ul to reign over Yisra’ĕl.

Deuteronomy 32:36

“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.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, They would understand this, They would consider their latter end!”

Deuteronomy 5:29

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!

James 1:17

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.

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

Malachi 3:6

“For I am יהוה, I shall not change, and you, O sons of Ya‛aqoḇ, shall not come to an end.

Hosea 11:8

“How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over, Yisra’ĕl? How could I make you like Aḏmah? How could I set you like Tseḇoyim? My heart turns within Me, all My compassion is kindled.

Psalm 119:158

I saw traitors and was grieved, Because they did not guard Your word.

Psalm 110:4

יהוה has sworn and does not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Malkitseḏeq.”

Psalm 95:10

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.’

Psalm 81:13

“O, if My people had listened to Me, Yisra’ĕl would walk in My ways,

Psalm 78:40

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert!

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the calling of Elohim are not to be repented of.

Genesis 6:7

And יהוה said, “I am going to wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the ground, both man and beast, creeping creature and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Jeremiah 18:7

“The moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a reign, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,