Genesis 5:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.”
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BSBPD
“Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 5:24 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 5:22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 37:30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
- Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- 2 Kings 2:1Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
- 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- 2 Kings 2:12As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
- Jeremiah 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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