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Genesis 6:3

The Holy SpiritDeath and loss

1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

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.

4 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.

5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 9:30

    Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

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  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

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  • 1 Peter 3:18–20

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

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  • Jeremiah 11:11

    Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

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  • Galatians 5:16–24

    This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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  • Psalms 78:39

    For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:19

    Quench not the Spirit.

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