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Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

KJV

Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis : postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum, illæque genuerunt, isti sunt potentes a sæculo viri famosi.

Vulgate

οἱ δὲ γίγαντες ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν ⸂⸆⸃ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, καὶ μετ’ ἐκεῖνο ὡς ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖς· ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντες οἱ ἀπ’ αἰῶνος, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί.

LXX

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

ASV

הַ/נְּפִלִ֞ים הָי֣וּ בָ/אָרֶץ֮ בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵם֒ וְ/גַ֣ם אַֽחֲרֵי כֵ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֜אוּ בְּנֵ֤י הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל בְּנ֣וֹת הָֽ/אָדָ֔ם וְ/יָלְד֖וּ לָ/הֶ֑ם הֵ֧מָּה הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵ/עוֹלָ֖ם אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַ/שֵּֽׁם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
נְּפִלִ֞ים
nplym
noun · 3×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:4 — And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
  • 2Chr 22:3 — He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
  • 2Sam 21:15 — Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
  • Deut 2:20 — (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
  • Deut 3:11 — For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four c
  • Deut 14:1 — Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
  • Gen 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
  • Gen 6:13 — And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
  • Gen 10:9 — He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
  • Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  • Gen 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
  • Job 1:6 — Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
  • Job 26:5 — Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
  • Judg 15:1 — But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer
  • Num 13:33 — And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
  • Num 13:33 — And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
  • Ps 52:1 — Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.