Deuteronomy 34 · Verse 7

Deuteronomy 34:7

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Deuteronomy 34:7, King James Version

Deuteronomy 34:7 in other translations

BSBMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
WEBMoses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
ASVAnd Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
YLTAnd Moses is a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.
DARBYAnd Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
BBEAnd Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.
WebsterAnd Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

What does Deuteronomy 34:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 His 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, Deu 34:10 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:5-8

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…

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Deuteronomy 34:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמֹשֶׁ֗הu.mo.Shehand MosesH4872
בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
מֵאָ֧הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּמֹת֑וֹbe.mo.Towhen dying heH4191
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
כָהֲתָ֥הkha.ha.Tahit had grown dimH3543
עֵינ֖וֹei.Noeye hisH5869
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָ֥סnasit had fledH5127
לֵחֹֽה\׃le.Chohvigor hisH3893

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 34:7

  • Deuteronomy 31:2

    And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

  • Joshua 14:10-11

    And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

  • Genesis 27:1

    And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

  • Genesis 48:10

    Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

  • Acts 7:36

    He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Acts 7:30

    And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

  • Acts 7:23

    And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
an hundred.
31:2; Ac 7:23,30,36
his eye.
Ge 27:1; 48:10; Jos 14:10,11
natural force abated. Heb. moisture fled.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 34:6

    And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

  • Deuteronomy 34:7

    And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

  • Deuteronomy 34:8

    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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Deuteronomy 34:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y era Moisés de edad de ciento y veinte años cuando murió: sus ojos nunca se oscurecieron, ni perdió su vigor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse était âgé de 120 ans quand il mourut; son œil n’était pas affaibli, et sa vigueur ne s’en était pas allée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose war 120 Jahre alt, als er starb; sein Auge war nicht schwach geworden, und seine Kraft nicht geschwunden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Moyses centum et viginti annorum erat quando mortuus est: non caligavit oculus ejus, nec dentes illius moti sunt.