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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/jit/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/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# before God

Possible meanings are 1) "in God's sight" or 2) "in the presence of Yahweh" as in [Genesis 4:16](../04/16.md).

# 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/jit/figs-metaphor]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The earth`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) the people who lived on the earth or 2) "The earth itself." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# was corrupt`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`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/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# before God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) "in God's sight" or 2) "in the presence of Yahweh" as in [Genesis 4:16](../04/16.md).`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# and it was filled with violence`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`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/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00