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Genesis 6:5

NETBible	But the Lord saw¹ that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination² of the thoughts³ of their minds⁴ was only evil⁵ all the time.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Gen 6:5	The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 6:5	Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 6:5	Now the LORD observed the extent of the people’s wickedness, and he saw that all their thoughts were consistently and totally evil.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 6:5	GOD saw that human evil was out of control. People thought evil, imagined evil--evil, evil, evil from morning to night.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 6:5	And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 6:5	The LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 6:5	Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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KJV	And GOD <03068> saw <07200> (8799) that the wickedness <07451> of man <0120> [was] great <07227> in the earth <0776>_, and [that] every imagination <03336> of the thoughts <04284> of his heart <03820> [was] only <07535> evil <07451> continually <03117>_. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 6:5	Then the LORD <03068> saw <07200> that the wickedness <07463> of man <0120> was great <07227> on the earth <0776> , and that every <03605> intent <03336> of the thoughts <04284> of his heart <03820> was only <07534> evil <07451> continually <03605> <3117 >.
LXXM	idwn <3708> V-AAPNS de <1161> PRT kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM oti <3754> CONJ eplhyunyhsan <4129> V-API-3P ai <3588> T-NPF kakiai <2549> N-NPF twn <3588> T-GPM anyrwpwn <444> N-GPM epi <1909> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ pav <3956> A-NSM tiv <5100> I-NSM dianoeitai {V-PMI-3S} en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF kardia <2588> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM epimelwv <1960> ADV epi <1909> PREP ta <3588> T-APN ponhra <4190> A-APN pasav <3956> A-APF tav <3588> T-APF hmerav <2250> N-APF
NET [draft] ITL	But the Lord <03068> saw <07200> that <03588> the wickedness <07451> of humankind <0120> had become great <07227> on the earth <0776> . Every <03605> inclination <03336> of the thoughts <04284> of their minds <03820> was only <07535> evil <07451> all <03605> the time <03117> .
HEBREW	Mwyh <03117> lk <03605> er <07451> qr <07535> wbl <03820> tbsxm <04284> ruy <03336> lkw <03605> Urab <0776> Mdah <0120> ter <07451> hbr <07227> yk <03588> hwhy <03068> aryw (6:5) <07200>

NETBible

But the Lord saw¹ that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination² of the thoughts³ of their minds⁴ was only evil⁵ all the time.⁶

NET Notes

¹sn The Hebrew verb translated “saw” (רָאָה, ra’ah), used here of God’s evaluation of humankind’s evil deeds, contrasts with God’s evaluation of creative work in Gen 1, when he observed that everything was good.

²tn The noun יֵצֶר (yetser) is related to the verb יָצָר (yatsar, “to form, to fashion [with a design]”). Here it refers to human plans or intentions (see Gen 8:21; 1 Chr 28:9; 29:18). People had taken their God-given capacities and used them to devise evil. The word יֵצֶר (yetser) became a significant theological term in Rabbinic literature for what might be called the sin nature – the evil inclination (see also R. E. Murphy, “Yeser in the Qumran Literature,” Bib 39 [1958]: 334-44).

³tn The related verb הָשָׁב (hashav) means “to think, to devise, to reckon.” The noun (here) refers to thoughts or considerations.

⁴tn Heb “his heart” (referring to collective “humankind”). The Hebrew term לֵב (lev, “heart”) frequently refers to the seat of one’s thoughts (see BDB 524 s.v. לֵב). In contemporary English this is typically referred to as the “mind.”

⁵sn Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil. There is hardly a stronger statement of the wickedness of the human race than this. Here is the result of falling into the “knowledge of good and evil”: Evil becomes dominant, and the good is ruined by the evil.

⁶tn Heb “all the day.”

⁶sn The author of Genesis goes out of his way to emphasize the depth of human evil at this time. Note the expressions “every inclination,” “only evil,” and “all the time.”