Genesis 6:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 6:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיַּ֣רְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
רַבָּ֛ה
rab
H7227
many
רָעַ֥ת
raʻ
H7451
evil
הָאָדָ֖ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
בָּאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
יֵ֨צֶר֙
yêtser
H3336
form
מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת
machăshâbâh
H4284
thought
לִבּ֔וֹ
lêb
H3820
heart
רַ֥ק
raq
H7535
only
רַ֖ע
raʻ
H7451
evil
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַיּֽוֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Yahweh saw that the wickedness of mankind great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts only evil all day long.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).