Genesis 5 · Verse 27

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Genesis 5:27, King James Version

Genesis 5:27 in other translations

BSBSo Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
WEBAll the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
ASVand all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
YLTAnd all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.
DARBYAnd all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
BBEAnd all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
WebsterAnd all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

What does Genesis 5:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years - This is the longest life mentioned in Scripture, and probably the longest ever lived; but we have not authority to say positively that it was the longest. Before the flood, and before artificial refinements were much known and cultivated, the life of man was greatly protracted, and yet of him who lived within thirty-one years of a thousand it is said he died; and the longest life is but as a moment when it is past. Though life is uncertain, precarious, and full of natural evils, yet it is a blessing in all its periods if devoted to the glory of God and the interest of the soul; for while it lasts we may more and more acquaint ourselves with God and be at peace, and thereby good shall come unto us; Job 22:21.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:25-32

Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human…

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Genesis 5:27 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.

וַיִּהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַחme.tu.She.lachMethuselahH4968
תֵּ֤שַׁעTe.sha'nineH8672
וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ve.shi.Shimand sixtyH8346
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּתְשַׁ֥עu.te.Sha'and nineH8672
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃\ \פvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 1656. B.C. 2348. he died.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 5:26

    And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:27

    And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

  • Genesis 5:28

    And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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Genesis 5:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fueron, pues, todos los días de Mathusalam, novecientos sesenta y nueve años; y murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tous les jours de Methushélah furent 969 ans; et il mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und alle Tage Methusalahs waren 969 Jahre, und er starb. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et facti sunt omnes dies Mathusala nongenti sexaginta novem anni, et mortuus est.