Genesis 5:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”
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BSBPD
“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 5:27 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:29So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
- Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- 2 Samuel 19:32Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
- Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
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