Genesis 6 · Verse 8

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8, King James Version

Genesis 6:8 in other translations

BSBNoah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
WEBBut Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
ASVBut Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
YLTAnd Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
DARBYBut Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.
BBEBut Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
WebsterBut Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

What does Genesis 6:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord--favor. What an awful state of things when only one man or one family of piety and virtue was now existing among the professed sons of God!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord - Why? Because he was, 1. A just man, איש צדיק ish tsaddik, a man who gave to all their due; for this is the ideal meaning of the original word. 2. He was perfect in his generation - he was in all things a consistent character, never departing from the truth in principle or practice. 3. He walked with God - he was not only righteous in his conduct, but he was pious, and had continual communion with God. The same word is used here as before in the case of Enoch. See Gen 5:22.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 6:8-11
Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. Let this be our chief desire, let us labour that we may be accepted of him. When the rest of the world was wicked, Noah kept his integrity. God's good-will towards Noah produced this good work in him. He was a just man, that is, justified before God, by faith in the promised Seed. As such he was made holy, and had right principles; and was righteous in his conversation. He was not only honest, but devout; it was his constant care to do the will of God. God looks down upon those with an eye of favour, who sincerely look up to him with an eye of faith. It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it shows strong faith and resolution, to swim against the stream, and to appear for God when no one else appears for him; Noah did so. All kinds of sin were found among men. They corrupted God's worship. Sin fills the earth with violence, and this fully justified God's resolution to destroy the world. The contagion spread. When wickedness is become general, ruin is not far off; while there is a remnant of praying people in a nation, to empty the measure as it fills, judgments may be long kept off; but when all hands are at work to pull down the fences, by sin, and none stand in the gap to make up the breach, what can be expected but a flood of wrath?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 6:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנֹ֕חַve.No.achand NoahH5146
מָ֥צָאMa.tza'he foundH4672
חֵ֖ןchenfavorH2580
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 6:8

  • Hebrews 4:16

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  • Genesis 19:19

    Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Psalms 145:20

    The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

  • Luke 1:30

    And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Titus 2:11

    For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

  • Exodus 33:12-17

    And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. …

  • Acts 7:46

    Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

  • Proverbs 3:4

    So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Romans 4:4

    Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

  • Proverbs 12:2

    A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
19:19; Ex 33:12-17; Ps 84:11; 145:20; Pr 3:4; 8:35; 12:2; Jer 31:2
Lu 1:30; Ac 7:46; Ro 4:4; 11:6; 1Co 15:10; Ga 1:15; 2Ti 1:18
Tit 2:11; 3:7; Heb 4:16; 2Pe 2:5

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Context

  • Genesis 6:7

    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Genesis 6:9

    These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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Genesis 6:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empero Noé halló gracia en los ojos de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais Noé trouva grâce aux yeux de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Noah aber fand Gnade in den Augen Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Noë vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.