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Genesis 6:3

The Holy SpiritDeath and loss

1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

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BSB
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
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.
WEB
The LORD said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred 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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And YHWH said, “My Spirit shall not strive with mankind forever, for indeed he [is] flesh. And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke dømme blant menneskene til evig tid; for sin villfarelses skyld er det[^1] kjød, og dets dager skal være hundre og tyve år.
OTB
Da erklærte Herren: “Min Ånd skal ikke streve med menneskene for alltid, for de er kjøtt; deres levetid skal være 120 år.”
B1930
Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke dømme blandt menneskene til evig tid; for sin villfarelses skyld er det kjød, og dets dager skal være hundre og tyve år. / < mennesket.>

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