Genesis 6:3

3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b] ; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

Genesis 6:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 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.
ESV
3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
NLT
3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”
MSG
3 Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
CSB
3 And the Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years."

Genesis 6:3 In-Context

1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal ; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
5 The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Job 34:14; Galatians 5:16-17
  • 2. Isaiah 57:16; 1 Peter 3:20
  • 3. Job 10:9; Psalms 78:39; Psalms 103:14; Isaiah 40:6

Footnotes 2

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