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The earth
Possible meanings are 1) the people who lived on the earth or 2) "The earth itself." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
was corrupt
The people doing what is evil is spoken of as if they were food that has become rotten. Alternate translation: "was rotten" or "was completely evil" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
before God
Possible meanings are 1) "in God's sight" or 2) "in the presence of Yahweh" as in Genesis 4:16.
and it was filled with violence
The writer speaks of violence as if it were something that could be put into a container and of the earth as a container. Alternate translation: "and there were very many violent people on the earth" or "because it was full of people who did evil things to each other" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)