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Genesis 6:3

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3And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remainA withB mankind forever,c because they are corrupt.Cd Their days will be 120 years.”

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Footnotes

  1. AOr strive
  2. BOr in
  3. C flesh

Cross references

  1. cGl 5:16–17; 1Pt 3:20
  2. dPs 78:39

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.