So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Parallel translations
- WEB God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
- KJV And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- NASB Then God said to Noah, “The end of humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
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Quick answer
God tells Noah he will bring an end to all flesh because the earth is filled with violence. Noah is warned and drawn into God's plan.
Overview
God reveals his judgment directly to Noah, treating him as a trusted servant and giving him opportunity to prepare. The reason given is the earth's pervasive violence, underscoring that the flood is moral judgment, not arbitrary disaster. By revealing his purpose, God shows that judgment and the offer of refuge come together.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Hos 4:1–2Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- 1 Pet 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
- Gen 6:11–12The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Ezek 7:2–6“You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
- 2 Pet 3:10–12But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
- 2 Pet 3:6–7by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
- Gen 7:23Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
- Amos 8:2He said, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then Yahweh said to me, “The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
- Gen 6:4The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Jer 4:23–28I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- Jer 51:13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
- Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Gen 49:5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
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