Genesis 6:5
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Note every…: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires
Note continually: Heb. every day
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- God
- Genesis 13:13; Genesis 18:20, 21; Psalm 14:1–4; Psalm 53:2; Romans 1:28–31; Romans 3:9–19
- every imagination
- or, the whole imagination. The Hebrew word signifies not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires.
- Genesis 8:21; Deuteronomy 29:19; Job 15:16; Proverbs 6:18; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Jeremiah 17:9; Ezekiel 8:9, 12; Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21–23; Ephesians 2:1–3; Titus 3:3
- thoughts
- Jeremiah 4:14