Genesis 6:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
In context
1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- KJV King James Version
- That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- WEB World English Bible
- God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
- ASV American Standard Version
- that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
- DBY Darby Translation
- that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
- WBS Webster Bible
- That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.