3And 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.


In Context

1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

3 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.

4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:3Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be an hundred and twenty years.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3Yahweh said, |My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:3And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man — to the age; in their erring they are flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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.