The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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5 ADONAI saw that the people on earth were very wicked, that all the imaginings of their hearts were always of evil only.
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The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
6 ADONAI regretted that he had made humankind on the earth; it grieved his heart.
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The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
7 ADONAI said, "I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the whole earth; and not only human beings, but animals, creeping things and birds in the air; for I regret that I ever made them."
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So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
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