Genesis 6:17-22 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life… Mythology tells how Jupiter burned with anger at the wickedness of the iron age. Having summoned a council of the gods, he addressed them — setting forth the awful condition of the things upon the earth, and announcing his determination to destroy all its inhabitants. He took a thunderbolt, and was about to launch it upon the world, to destroy it by fire, when he bethought himself that it might enkindle the heavens also. He then resolved to drown it by making the clouds pour out torrents of rain: —With his clench'd fist He squeezed the clouds: Then, with his mace, the monarch struck the ground; With inward trembling earth received the wound, And rising streams a ready passage found. (W. Adamson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. |
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