Genesis 5:20
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Genesis 5:20 in other translations
| BSB | So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. |
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| WEB | All of the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died. |
| ASV | and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. |
| YLT | And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth. |
| DARBY | And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died. |
| BBE | And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end. |
| Webster | And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died. |
What does Genesis 5:20 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:6-20
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary…
Genesis 5:20 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 5:19
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:20
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
- Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis 5:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fueron todos los días de Jared novecientos sesenta y dos años; y murió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous les jours de Jéred furent 962 ans; et il mourut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und alle Tage Jereds waren 962 Jahre, und er starb. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et facti sunt omnes dies Jared nongenti sexaginta duo anni, et mortuus est. |