Genesis 6:3

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 6:3

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

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KJV

King James Version

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

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WEB

World English Bible

The LORD said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 6

¹ Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

² the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

³ So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

⁴ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

⁵ Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

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