Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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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”...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it (g) repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (g) God never repents, but he speaks in human terms...
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.;...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

repented . the Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. LORD . Jehovah, in His covenant relation with mankind.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth The repentance which is here ascribed to God does not properly belong to him,...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It repented the Lord—it grieved him at his heart— "All things past, present, and future, lie open at once to the view of the Divine Mind," says Dr....
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

It repented the Lord ] The writer, as in Genesis 3 , interprets God's acts from man's point of view, and explains them on the analogy of human moti...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And it repented the Lord. — If we begin with the omniscience and omnipotence of God as our postulates, everything upon earth must be predestined an...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. By this expression, cannot be meant any change in the m...
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 ev...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HUMAN SIN AND DIVINE JUDGMENT ‘And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.’ Genesis 6:6 I....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth ,.... Because of the wickedness of man, the wickedness of his heart, and the wickedness o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Ver. 6. And it repented the Lord, &c., and it gri...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It repented the Lord, it grieved him at his heart Properly speaking, God cannot repent, Numbers 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 15:11-29 ; for he is perfectly w...
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 multiplie...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2448 Properly God cannot repent, Numbers 23:19 1 Samuel 15:11 , 1 Samuel 15:29 , because he is unchangeable in his nature and counsels,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Yahweh regretted that he had made man on the earth (or “the men in the land”) and it grieved him to his heart.' This anthropomorphism is a way...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

repented the LORD ( See Scofield); ( Zechariah 8:14 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God Resolves to Destroy Man
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. The utter disgust of Jehovah over the conditions on eart...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

repented. Exodus 32:14 Numbers 23:19 Deuteronomy 32:36 1 Samuel 15:11 1 Samuel 15:29 2 Samuel 24:16 1 Chronicles 21:15 Psalms 106:45...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And it repented the Lord that he had made man upon the earth — That he had made a creature of such noble powers, and had put him on this earth, whi...

⁶ And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 6:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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