Genesis 6:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 6:11

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

BSB

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ASV

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

KJV

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

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Original language & word study

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Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת	va.ti.sha.Chet	and <it> was corrupt	H7843 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א	va.ti.ma.Le'	and <it> was filled	H4390 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
חָמָֽס׃	cha.Mas	violence	H2555 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- James 1:22–25
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- 1 John 3:7
  Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
- James 2:21–25
  Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Through
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.
leads to
- Galatians 3:10
  All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:22–23
  But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
- Romans 2:12–18
  All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
- Romans 3:9
  What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Galatians 5:18
  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.