Genesis 6:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Genesis 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Growth of Sin 3. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם b e shāgām ,...
Genesis 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Flood. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5-8 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7-9 and Genesis 7:13-16 ; Genesis 7:11...
Genesis 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

GOD . Jehovah. App-4. wickedness . lewdness, moral depravity. App-44. great . multiplied. Very emphatic.
Genesis 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Moses prosecutes the subject to which he had just alluded, that God was neither too harsh, nor precipitate in exacting punishment from the...
Genesis 6:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 13 EXTENT OF MAN’S WICKEDNESS Genesis 6:5 . 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 continuall...
Genesis 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The wickedness of man was great - What an awful...
Genesis 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The wickedness of man—great, &c.— God saw their wickedness to be great, after the period of the hundred and twenty years which he had granted them to return and repent; he saw that they amend...
Genesis 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. God saw that the wickedness of man was gre...
Genesis 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Flood This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. T...
Genesis 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And God saw. — Really, And Jehovah saw. Imagination. — More exactly, form, shape. Thus every idea or embodied thought, which presented itself to the mind through the working of the heart — t...
Genesis 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
Genesis 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Wickedness of Men Genesis 5:25-32 ; Genesis 6:1-8 When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means “ Rest. ”He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the...
Genesis 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting i...
Genesis 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. Reader! pause over this verse, and read it twice bef...
Genesis 6:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN AWFUL SIGHT ‘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,’ etc. Genesis 6:5-7 I. ‘In...
Genesis 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth ,.... That it spread throughout the earth, wherever it was inhabited by men, both among the posterity of Cain and Seth, and who indeed now we...
Genesis 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. The wickedness of man was great in t...
Genesis 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God saw that the wickedness of man , &c. Abundance of sin was committed in all places, by all sorts of people; and those sins in their own nature most gross, and heinous, and provoking; and comm...
Genesis 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mix...
Genesis 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men whi...
Genesis 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To the heart the Scripture commonly ascribes all men's actual wickedness, as Psalms 41:6 Proverbs 4:23 , Proverbs 6:14 , Proverbs 6:18 , Jeremiah 17:9 , Matthew 15:19 Romans 3:10 , &c....
Genesis 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the world (or “in the land”), and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.' The occult activity, which had c...
Genesis 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:2 . Sons of God.]—That these were angels is a view which, it is well-known, has been held from ancient times, both by Jews and Christians. Of the latter class may be na...
Genesis 6:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

imagination Or, the whole imagination. The Hebrew word signifies not only the imagination but also the purposes and desires.
Genesis 6:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge...
Genesis 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 6:2 . Sons of God. Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the daughters of men. Others unders...
Genesis 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. A degenerate world 1 . The organic unity of society is favourable to the spread of moral evil. 2. The native willingness of the hu...
Genesis 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 6:1 , Genesis 6:2 And it came to pass. Literally, it was ; not in immediate sequence to the preceding chapter, but at some earlier point in the antediluvian per...
Genesis 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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. Noah's preaching had little or no effect. Jehovah saw...
Genesis 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God. Genesis 13:13 Genesis 18:20 Genesis 18:21 Psalms 14:1-4 Psalms 53:2 Romans 1:28-31 Romans 3:9-19 every imagination. or, the whole imagination. Genesis 8:21 Deuteronomy 29:19 J...
Genesis 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Corrupted Earth Genesis 6:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we approach the story of the flood, which God sent as a judgment upon the earth, which was corrupt before God and filled with violence,...
Genesis 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth — Abundance of sin was committed in all places, by all sorts of people: and those sins in their own nature most gross and heinous, and...

Genesis 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 6:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes