Genesis 6:7
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And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
In other translations
And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶמְחֶה'emchehI will wipeH4229אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָדָםha'adam<the> humankindH120אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834בָּרָאתִיbaratiI createdH1254מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] surface ofH6440הָאֲדָמָהha'adamahthe groundH127מֵאָדָםme'adamfrom humankindH120עַד־'ad-untoH5704בְּהֵמָהbehemahanimal[s]H929עַד־'ad-untoH5704רֶמֶשׂremescreeping thing[s]H7431וְעַד־ve'ad-and untoH5704עוֹףof[the] bird[s] ofH5775הַשָּׁמָיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064כִּיkiforH3588נִחַמְתִּיnichamtiI regretH5162כִּיkithatH3588עֲשִׂיתִם׃'asitimI have made themH6213
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- Psalm 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
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- Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
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