Genesis 8:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ When the Lord smelled the pleasing odor [a scent of satisfaction to His heart], the Lord said to Himself, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination (the strong desire) of man's heart is evil and wicked from his youth; neither will I ever again smite and destroy every living thing, as I have done.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

Common English Bible

²¹ The LORD smelled the pleasing scent, and the LORD thought to himself, I will not curse the fertile land anymore because of human beings since the ideas of the human mind are evil from their youth. I will never again destroy every living thing as I have done.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: "I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Genesis 8:21 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:17

Then the Lord God said to the man,

Genesis 4:12

In the past, {you planted, and your plants grew well. But now} you will plant, and the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home on the earth. You will wander from place to place.”

Genesis 5:29

Lamech named his son Noah. [36] Lamech said, “We work very hard as farmers because God cursed the ground. But Noah will bring us rest.”

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “All people have filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.

Genesis 6:17

“Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will destroy all the people that I made on the earth. I will destroy every man and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air. Why? Because I am sorry that I have made all these things.”

Job 14:4

“But what does something clean\par have in common with something dirty?\par Nothing!\par

Psalm 51:5

I was born in sin,\par and in sin my mother conceived me.\par

Psalm 58:3

Those evil men started doing wrong\par as soon as they were born.\par They have been liars from birth.\par

Psalm 58:4

Their anger is as dangerous\par as snake venom. {\cf2\super [341]} \par And, like cobras that can’t hear,\par they refuse to listen to the truth.\par

Exodus 29:18

Then burn everything on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Its smell will please the Lord.

Exodus 29:25

Then take these things from Aaron and his sons and put them on the altar [272] with the ram. Then burn everything on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Its smell will please the Lord.

Proverbs 20:9

Can any person really say that he has always done his best? Can any person really say that he has no sin? \{No!\}

Isaiah 47:12

You worked hard all your life\par learning tricks and magic.\par So, start using your tricks and magic!\par Maybe those tricks will help you.\par Maybe you will be able to scare someone.\par

Isaiah 47:15

That will happen to everything\par that you worked so hard for.\par The people you did business with\par all your life will leave you.\par Every person will go his own way.\par And there will be no one left to save you.”\par

Isaiah 48:8

“But even then,\par you didnt listen to me!\par You didn‘t learn anything!\par You refused to listen to anything\par I told you.\par I have known since the beginning\par that you would be against me.\par You have rebelled against me\par from the time you were born.\par

Isaiah 53:6

But \{even after he did this,\} all of us wandered away like sheep. We all went our own way. \{We did this after\} the Lord \{freed us from our guilt and\} put all our guilt on him.

Isaiah 65:6

“Look, here is a bill that must be paid. \{This bill shows you are guilty for your sins.\} I will not be quiet until I pay this bill, and I will pay the bill by punishing you.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Jeremiah 18:12

But the people of Judah will answer, ‘It will not do any good to try. We will continue to do what we want. Each of us is going to do the things his stubborn, evil heart wants.’”

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened to them very carefully.\par But they don’t say what is right.\par The people are not sorry for their sins.\par The people don’t think about the bad things they have done.\par The people do things without thinking.\par They are like horses running into a battle.\par

Ezekiel 20:41

Then I will be pleased with the sweet smell of your sacrifices. That will happen when I bring you back. I scattered you among many nations. But I will gather you together and make you my special people again. And all those nations will see it.

Leviticus 1:13

The priest must wash the legs and inside parts of the animal with water. Then the priest must offer all the animal’s parts. He must burn the animal on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Leviticus 1:17

Then the priest must tear the bird by its wings, but he must not divide the bird {into two parts}. The priest must burn the bird on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

The priest must wash the legs and inside parts of the animal with water. Then the priest must burn all the animal’s parts on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire. Its smell pleases the Lord.

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.

Leviticus 4:31

The priest must offer all the goat’s fat, just like the fat is offered from the fellowship offerings. The priest must burn it on the altar as a sweet smell to the Lord. In this way, the priest will make that person pure. [38] And God will forgive that person.

Leviticus 8:28

Then Moses took these things from the hands of Aaron and his sons. Moses burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. So that was the offering for appointing Aaron and his sons as priests. It was an offering made by fire. Its smell pleased the Lord.

Numbers 15:3

you must give special offerings made by fire to the Lord. Their smell will please the Lord. You will use your cows, sheep, and goats for burnt offerings, sacrifices, special promises, special gifts, fellowship offerings, or special holidays.

Matthew 15:19

All these bad things begin in a person’s mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, {\cf2\super [210]} sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.

John 3:6

A person’s body is born from his human parents. But a person’s spiritual life is born from the Spirit.

Romans 1:21

People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.

Romans 3:23

All people have sinned and are not good enough for God’s glory.

2 Corinthians 2:15

Our offering to God is this: We are the sweet smell of Christ among people who are being saved and among people who are being lost.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love. Love other people the same as Christ loved us. Christ gave himself for us—he was a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice {\cf2\super [37]} to God.

Philippians 4:18

I have all the things I need. I have even more than I need. I have all I need because Epaphroditus brought your gift to me. Your gift is like a sweet-smelling sacrifice {\cf2\super [24]} offered to God. God accepts that sacrifice and it pleases him.

1 John 5:19

These are the people who divide you. These people do only what their sinful selves want. They don’t have the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]}

1 Samuel 26:19

My master and king, listen to me! If the Lord caused you to be angry at me, then let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry at me, then let the Lord cause bad things to happen to them. Men have forced me to leave the land the Lord gave me. Men have told me, ‘{Go live with the foreigners.} Go and serve other gods.’