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God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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A World Steeped in Sin
Commentators explain that the corruption was total. It wasn't just isolated acts of evil, but a complete perversion of humanity's "way." This included religious corruption, like idolatry, and moral corruption, such as extreme violence and sexual immorality. As one scholar notes, humanity had made even material things instruments of sin, tainting the entire earth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running paralle…
19th Century
Anglican
All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. —These material things were equally incapable of moral good or evil, but man had m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt This is spoken as if he ha…
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