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


In Context

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

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

3 And 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.

4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them: the same became mighty men, who were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:2The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:2and sons of God see the daughters of men that they are fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.