Isaiah 65:20

Isaiah 65:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
• New International Version (NIV)“Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

Context of Isaiah 65:20

18Then be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. 19I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred years old will be mourned as a young man, and the one who misses a hundred years will be considered cursed. 21People will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22They will not build and others live in them; they will not plant and others eat. For my people’s lives will be like the lifetime of a tree. My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

Isaiah 65:20 word by word

לֹא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה מִשָּׁ֜ם ע֗וֹד ע֤וּל יָמִים֙ וְזָקֵ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְמַלֵּ֖א אֶת־יָמָ֑יו כִּ֣י הַנַּ֗עַר בֶּן־מֵאָ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔א בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה יְקֻלָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There shall be no more thence an infantעוּל‛ûl · infantH5764
• of daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• nor an old manזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
• that hath not filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• for the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• but the sinnerחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• shall be accursedקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:20

• Deuteronomy 4:40Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
• Job 5:26You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
• Psalms 34:12Who is someone who desires life, loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked — it will go badly for them, for what they have done will be done to them.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him.
• Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thence "There" - For משם mishsham, thence, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read שם sham, there.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20There shall be no more thence - The Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Vulgate, read this, There shall not be there.‘ The change requires the omission of a single letter in the present Hebrew text, and the sense seems to demand it. The design of the prophet here is, to describe the times of happiness and prosperity which would succeed the calamities under which the nation had been suffering. This he does by a great variety of images, all denoting…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The longevity of men in the first age of the world shall be enjoyed again. thence--from that time forward. infant of days--that is, an infant who shall only complete a few days; short-lived. filled ... days--None shall die without attaining a full old age. child ... die ... hundred years--that is, "he that dieth an hundred years old shall die a mere child" [Lowth]. sinner ... hundred ... be accursed--"The sinner that dieth at an hundred years shall be…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:20

• Accursed
• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Longevity
• Millennium
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Old Man
• Age
• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Age; Old Age
• Death
• Isaiah
• Life
• Oreb; Zeeb

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings