Devine Scripture

Genesis 6:2

Genesis chapter 6 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.2This passage

v.3And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 8:41

    Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

  • Genesis 24:3

    and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

  • 1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

  • Nehemiah 13:24

    and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

  • Malachi 2:11

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.