Verse 3

And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da sa Herren: "Min Ånd skal ikke for alltid streve med mennesket, for de er også kjøtt. Dets dager skal være hundre og tjue år."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sa Herren: Min ånd skal ikke dømme mennesket for alltid, for det er jo også kjøtt. Likevel skal hans dager være hundre og tjue år.

• Norsk King James

  Da sa Herren: Min ånd skal ikke for alltid strides med menneskene, for de er av kjøtt og blod. Likevel skal deres dager være hundre og tjue år.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sa Herren: Min ånd skal ikke streve med mennesket for alltid, for han er jo kjøtt; og hans dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da sa Herren: "Min Ånd skal ikke for alltid stri med menneskene, for de er av kjøtt. Deres dager skal være hundre og tjue år."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke alltid stride med mennesket, for han er også kjøtt. Hans dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Herren sa: «Min ånd skal ikke for alltid stride med mennesket, for han er kjøtt; likevel skal hans dager være hundre og tjue år.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke alltid stride med mennesket, for han er også kjøtt. Hans dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke alltid stride med menneskene, for de er kjøtt. Deres dager skal være 120 år.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with humanity forever, because they are flesh; their days will be 120 years."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke forbli i mennesket for alltid, for de er kjøtt. Deres dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sagde Herren: Min Aand skal ikke trætte med Mennesket evindeligen, eftersom ogsaa han er Kjød; og hans Dage skulle være hundrede og tyve Aar.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke for alltid strides med mennesket, for de er også kjøtt; men deres dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Herren sa: "Min Ånd skal ikke bære over med mennesket til evig tid, fordi de også er kjøtt; men hans dager skal være hundre og tjue år."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Herren sa: «Min Ånd skal ikke for alltid bli i menneskene, for de er kjøtt og blod; derfor skal deres levetid være hundre og tjue år.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da sa Herren: Min ånd skal ikke for alltid holde menneskene i tømme, for de er jo bare kjøtt. Deres dager skal være hundre og tjue år.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Herren sa: Min ånd skal ikke forbli i mennesket for alltid, for det er av kjøtt; derfor skal hans levetid være hundre og tjue år.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the LORd sayd: My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and.xx. yeres

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde ye LORDE: My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man, for he is but flesh also. I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and twety yeares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore the Lord saide, My Spirit shall not alway striue with man, because he is but flesh, and his dayes shalbe an hundreth & twentie yeeres.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they `are' flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:30 : 30 Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
• Ps 78:39 : 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again.
• 1 Pet 3:18-20 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit; 19 By whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
• Isa 63:10 : 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
• Jude 1:14-15 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.'
• Gal 5:16-24 : 16 I say then, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousy, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 1 Thess 5:19 : 19 Do not quench the Spirit.
• Num 11:17 : 17 And I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take of the Spirit which is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you do not bear it yourself alone.
• John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
• Rom 8:1-9 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh. 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 12 Therefore, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• Jer 11:7 : 7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
• Isa 5:4 : 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?