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From Methuselah to Noah

Genesis 5:27

In 11 translations

BSB
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
KJV
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
WEB
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
ASV
and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
LSV
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he dies.
YLT
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.
DBY
And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
DRC
And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.
GNV
So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died.
JPS
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.
LXXE
And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαθουσάλα ἃς ἔζησεν, ἐννέα καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανε.

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👤 Methuselah◆ Lifetime of Methuselah◆ Death of Methuselah

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