Bible Strands
Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator states the condition of the world immediately after introducing Noah’s sons and before God inspects creation, framing the pre-flood judgment. The words — The Hebrew verb תִּשָּׁחֵת (ti.sha.Chet) describes the earth’s moral ruin, while חָמָס (cha.Mas) identifies the specific violence filling it. The thread — The theme of systemic moral failure reappears in Ezekiel 8:17 regarding Judah’s abominations, Hosea 4:1 regarding Israel’s ignorance of God, and Habakkuk 2:8 regarding bloodshed from plunder. Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize that divine judgment responds to observable, widespread corruption rather than isolated sin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 8:17 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Habakkuk 2:8 Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Isaiah 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Ezekiel 28:16 By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Psalms 55:9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 140:11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.