The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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Gill's Exposition
And God said unto Noah,.... This is a proof that he found favour in his eyes, since he spake to him, and told him what he had observed, and what he was determined to do, and gave him directions to…
Adam Clarke
The earth also was corrupt - See the note on Gen 6:5.
The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety - he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution…
Cambridge Bible
corrupt The full strength of the word would rather be given by "corrupted." LXX ἐφθάρη, Lat. corrupta est, "was marred, ruined." "Before God," i.e. according to the standard of His judgement. "God" is…
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