Genesis 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
KJV
Et facti sunt omnes dies Mathusala nongenti sexaginta novem anni, et mortuus est.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαθουσάλα ἃς ἔζησεν ἐννακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἐννέα ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανεν.
LXX
and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
ASV
וַ/יִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְ/שִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּ/תְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יָּמֹֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח
mtvshlch
proper_noun · 6×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים
shshym
adjective · 59×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תְּשַׁ֥ע
tsh'
adjective · 58×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. Moses recites the catalogue of the posterity of Adam through Seth, to show that the Church of God was preserved through that line. The extraordinary longevity recorded here is not to be wondered at as a fable, for God sustained the lives of the patriarchs for the propagation of the human race and the transmission of divine truth from…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 19:32 — Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- Gen 9:29 — And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.