And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain[a] with[b] mankind forever,(A) because they are corrupt.[c](B) Their days will be 120 years.” The Nephilim[d] were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Judgment Decreed

When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:3 Or strive
  2. 6:3 Or in
  3. 6:3 Lit flesh
  4. 6:4 Possibly means “fallen ones”; traditionally, “giants”; Nm 13:31–33

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