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Genesis 6:9-14 GW
This is the account of Noah and his descendants. Noah had God's approval and was a man of integrity among the people of his time. He walked with God. (10) He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (11) The world was corrupt in God's sight and full of violence. (12) God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives. (13) God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people because the earth is full of their violence. Now I'm going to destroy them along with the earth. (14) Make yourself a ship of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ship and coat it inside and out with tar.

Genesis 6:9-14 GNB
This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, (10) (SEE 6:9) (11) but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere. (12) God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives. (13) God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds. (14) Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.

Genesis 6:9-14 ESV
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. (10) And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (11) Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. (12) And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. (13) And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. (14) Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

Genesis 6:9-14 BBE
(9) These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God. (10) And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (11) And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways. (12) And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth. (13) And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth. (14) Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

Genesis 6:9-14 NWT
. . .This is the history of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He proved himself faultless among his contemporaries. Noah walked with the [true] God. 10 In time Noah became father to three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11 And the earth came to be ruined in the sight of the [true] God and the earth became filled with violence. 12 So God saw the earth and, look! it was ruined, because all flesh had ruined its way on the earth. 13 After that God said to Noah: "The end of all flesh has come before me, because the earth is full of violence as a result of them; and here I am bringing them to ruin together with the earth. 14 Make for yourself an ark out of wood of a resinous tree. You will make compartments in the ark, and you must cover it inside and outside with tar. . .

Genesis 6:9-14 LITV
(9) These are the generations of Noah. Noah, a righteous man, had been perfected among his family. Noah walked with God. (10) And Noah fathered three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (11) And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. (12) And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupted. For all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth. (13) And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And behold, I will destroy them along with the earth. (14) Make an ark of cyprus timbers for yourself. You shall make rooms in the ark; and you shall cover it with asphalt inside and out.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation