Genesis 6:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The time of ruin, as this word is used, Ezekiel 7:2-3, Ezekiel 7:6, Amos 8:2, of all flesh, to all men, as Genesis 6:12, though the beasts also were involved in the same destruction, is come, i.e. is approaching, and at the very door, and shall as certainly come as if it were actually come. Before me, i.e. in my purpose and decree, howsoever vain men flatter themselves with hopes of longer impunity. Through them, i.e. By their means; so that the earth even groans under them. With the earth, i.e. with the fruits and beauty, though not the substance of the earth. Or, from the earth, as Genesis 6:7; the Hebrew eth being oft put for min or meeth, as Genesis 44:4 Deuteronomy 34:1 1 Kings 8:43, compared with 2 Chronicles 6:33.