Genesis 6:6

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

And it repented {H5162} the LORD {H3068} that he had made {H6213} man {H120} on the earth {H776}, and it grieved {H6087} him at {H413} his heart {H3820}.

Adonai regretted that he had made humankind on the earth; it grieved his heart.

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

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

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.

  • 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

  • Ephesians 4:30

    And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

  • Hebrews 3:10

    Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.

  • 1 Samuel 15:29

    And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.

  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Numbers 23:19

    God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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