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

18But be happy about what I will create! Be happy for ever! I will create Jerusalem as a happy place. The people who live there will be full of joy. 19And Jerusalem will cause me to be happy. My people will give me joy. There will be no noise of people who are weeping. People will not be sad in Jerusalem again. Never again will there be a baby who only lives for a few days. Old men will continue to live a long life. People will live until they are 100 years old and they will still seem young. If anyone dies before he is 100 years old, people will think that God has cursed him. 21My people will build houses and they will live in them. They will plant vineyards and they will eat the fruit from them. 22They will no longer build houses and then other people live in them. They will not plant trees and then other people to eat the fruit. My people will have long lives, as long as trees live. My own people will live to enjoy the things that they have worked hard to get.

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 4:40Obey his commands and his rules that I am giving you today. If you do that, everything will be well for you and for your descendants. You will continue to live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you. It will belong to you for ever.
• Job 5:26You will not die until you are old. You will grow with strength until you die, like crops that grow until the time of harvest.
• Psalms 34:12Do you want to live a good life? Do you want your life to be long and happy?
• Isaiah 3:11But it will be very bad for the wicked people. They will receive the punishment that they deserve.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12People who do lots of wicked things may live for a long time. But if someone respects and obeys God, they will surely enjoy a good life.
• Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.

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