# Genesis 6

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 12 | 54.55%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 7 | 31.82%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 3 | 13.64%

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 269 | 83.93%
NIV2011 changed words | 52 | 16.07%
NIV2011 removed words | 47 |
NIV2011 added words | 56 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
6:1 | tNIV | When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, | When men human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, | When men human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
6:2 | NIV2011 | the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. | the sons of God saw that the these daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. | the sons of God saw that the daughters of men humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
6:3 | NIV2011 | Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.” | Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man human beings forever, for he is they are mortal; his their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” | Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man humans forever, for he is they are mortal; his their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
6:4 | NIV2011 | The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. | The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men the human beings and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. | The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
6:5 | tNIV | The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. | The LORD saw how great man’s the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his the human heart was only evil all the time. | The LORD saw how great man’s the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his the human heart was only evil all the time.
6:6 | tNIV | The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. | The LORD was grieved regretted that he had made man human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain deeply troubled. | The LORD was grieved regretted that he had made man human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain deeply troubled.
6:7 | tNIV | So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” | So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth the human race I have created— men and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved regret that I have made them.” | So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth the human race I have created— men and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved regret that I have made them.”
6:9 | tNIV | This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. | This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. | This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
6:15 | tNIV | This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. | This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet three hundred cubits long, 75 feet fifty cubits wide and 45 feet thirty cubits high. | This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet three hundred cubits long, 75 feet fifty cubits wide and 45 feet thirty cubits high.
6:16 | tNIV | Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. | Make a roof for it and finish , leaving below the ark to within 18 inches of the top roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. | Make a roof for it and finish , leaving below the ark to within 18 inches of the top roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.