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.


In Context

1 And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them.

2 The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

3 And 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.

4 Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:3And 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.

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.