Deuteronomy 34:7

Deuteronomy 34:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.

Context of Deuteronomy 34:7

5So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, in accordance with the word of the Lord. 6And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows his burial place to this day. Although Moses was 120 years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor had his vigor left him. 8So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. 9Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 34:7 word by word

וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה בְּמֹת֑וֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָ֥ה עֵינ֖וֹ וְלֹא־נָ֥ס לֵחֹֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Although Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• 120מֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• 120עֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• when he diedמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• his eyesightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• was not dimכָּהָהkâhâh · to grow dimH3543
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• his vigorלֵחַlêach · vigorH3893
• leftנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 34:7

• Deuteronomy 31:2And he said to them, “I am 120 years old today; I am no longer able to go out and come in, and the Lord has told me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
• Acts 7:23But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel.
• Genesis 27:1Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
• Genesis 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. And Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
• Joshua 14:10And now behold, the Lord has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 34:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7His eye was not dim - Even at the advanced age of a hundred and twenty; nor his natural force abated - he was a young man even in old age, notwithstanding the unparalleled hardships he had gone through. See the account of his life at the end of this chapter, Deuteronomy 34:10; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-8Verses 5-8 Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though it seemed harder. In this he resembled our Lord Jesus Christ. But he died in honour, in peace, and in the most easy manner; the Saviour died upon the disgraceful and torturing cross. Moses died very easily; he died "at the mouth of the Lord," according to the will of God. The servants of the Lord, when they have done all their other work, must die at last, and be willing to go…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7At 120 years old, Moses was still strong and fully able in mind and body. He did not fail to enter Canaan because he died. Instead, he died because he was not allowed to enter Canaan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. Moses went up from the plains of Moab--This chapter appears from internal evidence to have been written subsequently to the death of Moses, and it probably formed, at one time, an introduction to the Book of Joshua. unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah--literally, the head or summit of the Pisgah; that is, the height (compare Nu 23:14; De 3:17-27; 4:49). The general name given to the whole mountain range east of Jordan, was Abarim (compare…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 34:7

• Death
• Infirmity
• Israel
• Longevity
• Miracles
• Moses
• Old Age

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Servant
• Abate
• Deuteronomy
• Egypt
• Eyes, Diseases of the
• Natural; Nature
• Number
• Pentateuch
• Pentateuch, the

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 34

• 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
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings