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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:5

In 11 translations

BSB
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
KJV
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
WEB
All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
ASV
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
LSV
And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dies.
YLT
And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.
DBY
And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
DRC
And all the time that Adam lived came to nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
GNV
So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died.
JPS
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
LXXE
And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־חַ֔י תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδὰμ, ἃς ἔζησε, τριάκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

Who and where

👤 Adam◆ Lifetime of Adam◆ Death of Adam

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 5:11So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:8So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  • 2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:21–22For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
  • Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
  • Psalms 49:7–10No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, that he should live on forever and not see decay. For it is clear that wise men…
  • Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
  • Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
  • Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • Romans 5:12–14Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into…
  • Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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