Bible verses about "nephilim" | NSB

² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose.

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose. ³ Jehovah said: »My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.« ⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ Jehovah was grieved that he had made man on the earth. His heart was grieved with pain. ⁷ So Jehovah said: »I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth. All of them: men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air. I am sorry that I created them.« ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. ⁹ This is the ACCOUNT OF NOAH. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. He walked with God. ¹⁰ Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ¹¹ The earth was corrupt in God’s sight. It was full of violence. ¹² God saw how corrupt the earth had become. All the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose.

¹¹ »Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

¹⁰ The Emits used to live there. They are a mighty race of giants who lived in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants.

²⁰ There was another war, this time in Gath. One of the enemy soldiers was a descendant of the Rephaim. He was as big as a giant and had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.

¹⁶ A descendant of Haraphah named Benob had a copper spear weighing seven and one half pounds. He wore it on a new belt. He captured David and intended to kill him.

²² These four were descendants of Haraphah from Gath. David and his men killed them.

⁶ The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them.

¹⁴ They are now dead and they live no more. The deceased do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin. You wiped out all memory (memorial) (commemoration) of them.

⁹ »Before them I destroyed the Amorite. His height was like the height of the cedars. He was strong like the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath!

¹⁴ And no wonder for even Satan fashions himself into an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose. ³ Jehovah said: »My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.« ⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ Jehovah was grieved that he had made man on the earth. His heart was grieved with pain. ⁷ So Jehovah said: »I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth. All of them: men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air. I am sorry that I created them.«

³¹ The men who had gone with him said: »We cannot attack those people! They are too strong for us! ³² »They spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said: The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall. ³³ »We saw Nephilim there. The descendants of Anak are Nephilim. We felt as small as grasshoppers. That is no doubt how we must have looked to them.«

⁴ God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved for judgment!

⁶ Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them are an example for they, in like manner with these surrendered to fornication and went after flesh for unnatural use. They received justice by ever burning fire.

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose. ³ Jehovah said: »My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.« ⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ Jehovah was grieved that he had made man on the earth. His heart was grieved with pain. ⁷ So Jehovah said: »I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth. All of them: men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air. I am sorry that I created them.« ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

³⁰ Caleb told the people to be quiet and listen to Moses. Caleb said: »Let us go now and take possession of the land. We should be more than able to conquer it.« ³¹ The men who had gone with him said: »We cannot attack those people! They are too strong for us! ³² »They spread lies among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said: The land we explored is one that devours those who live there. All the people we saw there are very tall. ³³ »We saw Nephilim there. The descendants of Anak are Nephilim. We felt as small as grasshoppers. That is no doubt how we must have looked to them.«

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose. ³ Jehovah said: »My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.« ⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

⁶ Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

¹ Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them. ² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose. ³ Jehovah said: »My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.« ⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ Jehovah was grieved that he had made man on the earth. His heart was grieved with pain. ⁷ So Jehovah said: »I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth. All of them: men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air. I am sorry that I created them.« ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. ⁹ This is the ACCOUNT OF NOAH. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. He walked with God. ¹⁰ Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ¹¹ The earth was corrupt in God’s sight. It was full of violence. ¹² God saw how corrupt the earth had become. All the people on earth had corrupted their ways. ¹³ God said to Noah: »I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am going to destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴ »BUILD AN ARK of cypress wood (a resinous tree). Make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. ¹⁵ »This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be four hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. ¹⁶ »Build a roof on it and finish the ark to within eighteen inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle, and upper decks. ¹⁷ »I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens. Every creature that has the breath of life in it, everything on earth will perish. ¹⁸ »But I will establish my covenant with you. You will enter the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹ »Bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. ²⁰ »Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal, and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. ²¹ »Take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.« ²² Noah did everything exactly as God commanded him.

³³ »We saw Nephilim there. The descendants of Anak are Nephilim. We felt as small as grasshoppers. That is no doubt how we must have looked to them.«

⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.