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The Death of Moses

Deuteronomy 34:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
KJV
¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.natural…: Heb. moistureabated: Heb. fled
WEB
Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
ASV
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
LSV
And Moses [is] a son of one hundred and twenty years when he dies; his eye has not become dim, nor has his moisture fled.
YLT
And Moses [is] a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.
DBY
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
DRC
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, neither were his teeth moved.
GNV
Moses was nowe an hundreth and twentie yeere olde when hee died, his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated.
JPS
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
LXXE
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old at his death; his eyes were not dimmed, nor were his natural powers destroyed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה בְּמֹת֑וֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָ֥ה עֵינ֖וֹ וְלֹא־נָ֥ס לֵחֹֽה׃
LXX-Br
Μωυσῆς δὲ ἦν ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι ἐτῶν ἐν τῷ τελευτᾷν αὐτόν· οὐκ ἠμαυρώθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐφθάρησαν τὰ χελώνια αὐτοῦ.

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👤 Moses◆ Lifetime of Moses◆ Death of Moses

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
  • Joshua 14:10–11Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, still as strong today…
  • Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  • Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
  • Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
  • Acts 7:30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
  • Acts 7:23When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

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