Genesis 6:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 6:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָד֨וֹן
dîyn
H1777
to judge
רוּחִ֤י
rûwach
H7307
spirit
בָֽאָדָם֙
ʼâdâm
H120
man
לְעֹלָ֔ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
בְּשַׁגַּ֖ם
gam
H1571
also
ה֣וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
בָשָׂ֑ר
bâsâr
H1320
flesh
וְהָי֣וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
יָמָ֔יו
yôwm
H3117
day
מֵאָ֥ה
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים
ʻesrîym
H6242
twenty
שָׁנָֽה
shâneh
H8141
year
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with mankind forever, because they indeed flesh. Therefore their days will be 120 years.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).