OET interlinear GEN 6:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it(f)_was_decaying/corrupt the=earth/land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=ʼElohīm and=she/it_was_filled the=earth/land violence/cruelty )

The phrase the earth is often used in the Bible to refer to all the people on the earth. Consider whether your language can do the same thing, or whether it is necessary to make that implied information explicit. Alternate translation: [Now the people of the earth had become corrupt]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠תִּמָּלֵ֥א הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ חָמָֽס

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it(f)_was_decaying/corrupt the=earth/land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=ʼElohīm and=she/it_was_filled the=earth/land violence/cruelty )

The author uses two phrases which mean basically the same thing in order to emphasize how evil the people on the earth had become. The two clauses are different enough from each other that, if possible, it is best to keep both of them in your translation. Also be consistent with how you translated the earth earlier in this verse. Alternate translation: [and they had filled the earth with their destructive brutality] or [and all over the earth they were forcefully doing harm]