Genesis 5:27

Genesis 5:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
• New International Version (NIV)Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

Context of Genesis 5:27

25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech. 26After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived for 782 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. 28When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. 29He called his son Noah. Lamech said, ‘He will help us in our difficult work on the land. We have pain when we work on the land to get food. That is because the Lord God cursed the ground.’

Genesis 5:27 word by word

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Methuselahמְתוּשֶׁ֫לַחmethûshelach · MethuselahH4968
• were nineתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• hundredשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• and he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Genesis 5:27

• Genesis 5:5Adam was 930 years old when he died.

Commentaries on Genesis 5:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years - This is the longest life mentioned in Scripture, and probably the longest ever lived; but we have not authority to say positively that it was the longest. Before the flood, and before artificial refinements were much known and cultivated, the life of man was greatly protracted, and yet of him who lived within thirty-one years of a thousand it is said he died; and the longest life is but as a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-32Verses 1-32 - Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר sepher “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן qēynān Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. מהללאל mahelal'ēl Mahalalel, “praise of El.” 15. ירד yerĕd Jered, “going down.” 21. מתוּשׁלה metûshālach Methushelach, “man of the missile.” 29. נה noach Noach, “rest,” נחם nācham “sigh; repent; pity; comfort oneself; be revenged.” 32. שׁם shēm Shem, “name, fame; related: be high.” חם chām…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-32Verses 25-32 Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27969 years: This statement and the numbers given in 5:25, 28, and 7:6 mean that Methuselah died the same year as the great flood.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-325. all the days ... Adam lived--The most striking feature in this catalogue is the longevity of Adam and his immediate descendants. Ten are enumerated (Ge 5:5-32) in direct succession whose lives far exceed the ordinary limits with which we are familiar--the shortest being three hundred sixty-five, [Ge 5:23] and the longest nine hundred sixty-nine years [Ge 5:27]. It is useless to inquire whether and what secondary causes may have contributed to this…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 5:27

• Lamech
• Longevity
• Methuselah

In the dictionaries

• Adam
• Generation
• Lamech
• Methuselah
• Noah
• Toil
• Walk
• Adam in the New Testament
• Adam in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha
• Antediluvian Patriarchs

Commentaries on Genesis 5

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