Genesis 6:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Genesis 6:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 6:3 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 6:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Genesis 6:3 — World English Bible

Genesis 6:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

Genesis 6:3 — American Standard Version

Genesis 6:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they <FI>are<Fi> flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 6:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And 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.”

Genesis 6:3 — Darby Translation

Genesis 6:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore the Lord saide, My Spirit shall not alway striue with man, because he is but flesh, and his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeeres.”

Genesis 6:3 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 6:3 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And the Lord said, "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, for he also is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."”

Genesis 6:3 — The Living Sword

Genesis 6:3 in Context — Genesis 6

1 Y ACAECIÓ que, cuando comenzaron los hombres á multiplicarse sobre la faz de la tierra, y les nacieron hijas,

2 Viendo los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomáronse mujeres, escogiendo entre todas.

3 Y dijo Jehová: No contenderá mi espíritu con el hombre para siempre, porque ciertamente él es carne: mas serán sus días ciento y veinte años.

4 Había gigantes en la tierra en aquellos días, y también después que entraron los hijos de Dios á las hijas de los hombres, y les engendraron hijos: éstos fueron los valientes que desde la antigüedad fueron varones de nombre.

5 Y vió Jehová que la malicia de los hombres [era] mucha en la tierra, y que todo designio de los pensamientos del corazón de ellos era de continuo solamente el mal.

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What Does Genesis 6:3 Mean?

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