¹² And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

² God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

³ Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

²⁷ He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

¹⁵ Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

¹⁶ Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

¹⁷ Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us?

⁵ And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

¹⁹ By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those

²⁰ Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

³ The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

¹³ The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

¹⁴ From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

² The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

³ They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

²¹ I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

¹⁶ And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.

¹⁷ And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.

¹² And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:

²¹ And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

¹ And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

⁸ But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

⁴ There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

⁵ And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.