Genesis 6:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 6:4 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 6:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 — World English Bible
Genesis 6:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in 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.”
Genesis 6:4 — American Standard Version
Genesis 6:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them--they <FI>are<Fi> the heroes, who, from of old, <FI>are<Fi> the men of name.”
Genesis 6:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 6:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 — Darby Translation
Genesis 6:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There were gyants in the earth in those dayes: yea, and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had borne them children, these were mightie men, which in olde time were men of renoume.”
Genesis 6:4 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 6:4 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of the God came in to the daughters of man, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were from of old, men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 — The Living Sword
Genesis 6:4 in Context — Genesis 6
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.
6 Y arrepintióse Jehová de haber hecho hombre en la tierra, y pesóle en su corazón.
What Does Genesis 6:4 Mean?
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