Verse List for GEN 6:3

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Yahweh (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit won’t tolerate people forever, because they are physical beings, therefore their remaining time will be 120 years.”

OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it _said not it _will _remain my_breath/wind/spirit in/on _the_humankind to_vanishing _point in/on_that_also he is_flesh and_they _will _be his/its_days one _hundred and_twenty year[s].

ULT Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with mankind forever, because they, are indeed flesh. Therefore their days will be 120 years.”

UST Then Yahweh said to himself, “My Spirit will not put up with human beings forever, because they are very corrupt. I will give them 120 years to repent.”

BSB & MSB So the LORD said, “My Spirit {will} not contend with man forever,[fn] for he [is] mortal; his days {shall} be 120 years.”

OEB But the Lord said: ‘My spirit will not abide in people forever, because they are flesh; therefore they will live for only a hundred and twenty years.’

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred and twenty years.”

NET So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

LSV And YHWH says, “My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one hundred and twenty years.”

FBV Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.”[fn]

T4T Then Yahweh said, “I will not allow my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”

LEB And Yahweh said, “My Spirit shall not abide with humankind forever in that he is also flesh. And his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

BBE And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

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JPS And the LORD said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.'

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT And 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.

Drby 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.

RV And 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.
(And the LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man forever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be an hundred and twenty years.)

SLT And Jehovah will say, My spirit will not forever be low in man, for that he is flesh and his days were one hundred and twenty years.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres.
(And the Lord said: My spirit shall not always strive with man, because he is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundredth and twenty years.)

Gnva 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.
(Therefore the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, because he is but flesh, and his days shall be an hundredth and twenty years.)

Cvdl Then sayde ye LORDE: My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man, for he is but flesh also. I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and twety yeares.
(Then said ye/you_all LORD: My spirit shall not always strive with man, for he is but flesh also. I will yet give him respyte an hundredth and twety years.)

Wycl And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.
(And God said, My spirit shall not dwell in man without end, for he is flesh; and the days of him should be an hundred and twenty year.)

Luth Da sprach der HErr: Die Menschen wollen sich von meinem Geist nicht mehr strafen lassen, denn sie sind Fleisch. Ich will ihnen noch Frist geben hundertundzwanzig Jahre.
(So spoke the/of_the LORD: The people want itself/yourself/themselves from my spirit not more punish let, because/than they/she/them are flesh. I will to_them still Frist give one_hundred_and_twenty years.)

ClVg Dixitque Deus: Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in æternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum.[fn]
(And_he_said God: Not/No will_remain spirit mine in/into/on man in/into/on eternal, because flesh/meat it_is: and_they_will_be days of_that hundred twenty of_years.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה לֹֽא־יָד֨וֹן רוּחִ֤⁠י בָֽ⁠אָדָם֙ לְ⁠עֹלָ֔ם בְּ⁠שַׁ⁠גַּ֖ם ה֣וּא בָשָׂ֑ר וְ⁠הָי֣וּ יָמָ֔י⁠ו מֵאָ֥ה וְ⁠עֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς, οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σάρκας· ἔσονται δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν, ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἔτη.

BrTr And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.