The Lord saw how bad the sins of everyone on earth had become. They only thought about evil things.

耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶，

耶和华见人在地上罪大恶极，终日心里所想的尽都是恶事，

耶和华见人在地上罪大恶极，终日心里所想的尽都是恶事，

耶和华看见人罪恶深重，心中终日思想恶事，

耶和华看见人在地上的罪恶很大，终日心里思念的，尽都是邪恶的。

耶和华看到人在地上罪恶深重，而且人心里的每个意念动机终日都是邪恶的。

耶和華見人在地上罪惡很大，終日所思想的盡都是惡，

耶和華見人在地上罪大惡極，終日心裏所想的盡都是惡事，

耶和華見人在地上罪大惡極，終日心裏所想的盡都是惡事，

耶和華看見人罪惡深重，心中終日思想惡事，

耶和華看見人在地上的罪惡很大，終日心裡思念的，盡都是邪惡的。

永恆主見人類在地上壞透了，人類心思終日所計謀的、沒有別的、只是壞事；

耶和華看到人在地上罪惡深重，而且人心裡的每個意念動機終日都是邪惡的。

耶和華鑒觀世人、罪惡貫盈、心所圖維、恆為邪慝、

耶和華鑒觀世人、作惡貫盈、心所圖維、恆壞惡念。

主見人在世、罪惡貫盈、心所圖維、恆為奸惡、

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.

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

When the LORD saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man[ was] great in the earth, and[ that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart[ was] only evil continually.

But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

Evil thoughts come out of a person’s heart. So do murder, adultery, and other sexual sins. And so do stealing, false witness, and telling lies about others.

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.They are full of every kind of sin, evil and ungodliness. They want more than they need. They commit murder. They want what belongs to other people. They fight and cheat. They hate others. They say mean things about other people.They tell lies about them. They hate God. They are rude and proud. They brag. They think of new ways to do evil. They don’t obey their parents.They do not understand. They can’t be trusted. They are not loving and kind.

Evil thoughts come from the inside, from a person’s heart. So do sexual sins, stealing and murder.Adultery, greed, hate and cheating come from a person’s heart too. So do desires that are not pure, and wanting what belongs to others. And so do telling lies about others and being proud and being foolish.All these evil things come from inside a person and make them‘ unclean.’ ”

People of Jerusalem, wash your sins from your hearts and be saved. How long will you hold on to your evil thoughts?

A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can’t be healed. Who can understand it?

Here’s what is so bad about everything that happens on this earth. Death catches up with all of us. Also, the hearts of people are full of evil. They live in foolish pleasure. After that, they join those who have already died.

The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself,“ I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.

You were living in your sins and lawless ways. But in fact you were dead.You used to live as sinners when you followed the ways of this world. You served the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. He is the spirit who is now at work in those who don’t obey God.At one time we all lived among them. Our desires were controlled by sin. We tried to satisfy what they wanted us to do. We followed our desires and thoughts. God was angry with us like he was with everyone else. That’s because of the kind of people we all were.

Here’s the only other thing I found. God created human beings as honest. But they’ve made many evil plans.”

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

Foolish people say in their hearts,“ There is no God.” They do all kinds of horrible and evil things. No one does anything good.The Lord looks down from heaven on all people. He wants to see if there are any who understand. He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.All of them have turned away. They have all become evil. No one does anything good, no one at all.Do all these people who do evil know nothing? They eat up my people as if they were eating bread. They never call out to the Lord.

God looks down from heaven on all people. He wants to see if there are any who understand. He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

Some people who worship those gods will hear the promise that seals the covenant I’m making. They think they can escape trouble by what they’re saying. They say,“ We’ll be safe, even though we’re stubborn and go our own way.” But they will bring trouble on the whole land.

The Lord also said,“ The cries against Sodom and Gomorrah are very great. Their sin is so badthat I will go down and see for myself. I want to see if what they have done is as bad as the cries that have reached me. If it is not, then I will know.”

The people of Sodom were evil. They were sinning greatly against the Lord.

What should we say then? Do we Jews have any advantage? Not at all! We have already claimed that Jews and Gentiles are sinners. Everyone is under the power of sin.It is written,“ No one is right with God, no one at all.No one understands. No one trusts in God.All of them have turned away. They have all become worthless. No one does anything good, no one at all.”( Psalms 14:1–3; 53:1–3; Ecclesiastes 7:20)“ Their throats are like open graves. With their tongues they tell lies.”( Psalm 5:9)“ The words from their lips are like the poison of a snake.”( Psalm 140:3)“ Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.”( Psalm 10:7)“ They run quickly to commit murder.They leave a trail of harmful actions.They do not know how to live in peace.”( Isaiah 59:7, 8)“ They don’t have any respect for God.”( Psalm 36:1)What the law says, it says to those who are ruled by the law. Its purpose is to shut every mouth and make the whole world accountable to God.

He also hates hearts that make evil plans and feet that are quick to do evil.

He continued,“ Go through it. Look at the evil things they are doing here. I hate those things.”

The Lord spoke to me. He said,“ Son of man, do you see what the elders of Israel are doing in the dark? Each of them is in his own room worshiping his own god. They say,‘ The Lord doesn’t see us. He has deserted the land.’ ”

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.