Genesis 6:3

The Passion Translation

Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with humanity indefinitely, for they are mortal. Their life span will be shortened to only one hundred and twenty years.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 11:11

“Therefore, I, Yahweh, say: Behold! I am bringing calamity upon them from which they will not be able to escape. And they will cry to me, but I will pay no attention.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. Only then did he turn against them. He became their enemy and fought against them.

Psalm 78:39

He knew that they were made from mere dust— frail, fragile, and short-lived, here today and gone tomorrow.

Acts 7:51

“Why would you be so stubborn as to close your hearts and your ears to me? You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just like your forefathers!

1 Thessalonians 5:19

Never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:6

For the natural realm only gives birth to things that are natural, but the spiritual realm gives birth to supernatural life!

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard? When I expected it to bear luscious grapes, why did it produce only wild, worthless grapes?

Jeremiah 11:7

For I warned your fathers repeatedly, when I freed them from the land of Egypt until now, to listen to my voice.

Genesis 6:2

Divine beings found them very appealing, so they took the women they wanted as their wives.

Isaiah 57:16

You will not find me continually accusing them or holding anger against them, lest they feel defeated and lose heart before me. For I am the One who gave the breath of life to my people.

Psalm 90:10

You’ve limited our life span to a mere seventy years, yet some you give grace to live still longer. But even the best of years are marred by tears and toils and in the end are nothing more than a gravestone in a graveyard! We’re gone so quickly, so swiftly; we pass away and simply disappear.