Bible verse
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Genesis 6:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 6.
7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
15 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
KJV
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
ASV
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
ERV
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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