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Genesis 6:6

WEB

6The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

KJV

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

BSB

6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

FBV

6The Lord was sorry he'd made human beings to live on the earth; it made him very sad to think about it.

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject
Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject
What Makes Us Want to Move and Travel? - Desiring God
Does God Regret Making Me? - Desiring God
Why Does God Regret and Repent in the Bible? - Desiring God

Extra References

Isaiah 63:10

10But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.


1 Samuel 15:11

11It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to the LORD all night.


Ephesians 4:30

30Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.


1 Samuel 15:29

29Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”


Hebrews 3:10

10Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways.’


2 Samuel 24:16

16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The LORD’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.


Jonah 3:10

10God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.


Numbers 23:19

19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?


Jeremiah 18:8-10

8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. 9At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.


Joel 2:13

13Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.