Isaiah 65 · Verse 20

Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isaiah 65:20, King James Version

Isaiah 65:20 in other translations

BSBNo longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
WEB“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.
ASVThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
YLTThere is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.
DARBYThere shall be no more thenceforth an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not completed his days; for the youth shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
BBENo longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.
WebsterThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

What does Isaiah 65:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. The longevity of men in the first age of the world shall be enjoyed again. thence--from that time forward. infant of days--that is, an infant who shall only complete a few days; short-lived. filled ... days--None shall die without attaining a full old age. child ... die ... hundred years--that is, "he that dieth an hundred years old shall die a mere child" [Lowth]. sinner ... hundred ... be accursed--"The sinner that dieth at an hundred years shall be deemed accursed," that is, his death at so early an age, which in those days the hundredth year will be regarded, just as if it were mere childhood, shall be deemed the effect of God's special visitation in wrath [Rosenmuller]. This passage proves that the better age to come on earth, though much superior to the present will not be a perfect state; sin and death shall have place in it (compare Re 20:7, 8), but much less frequently than now.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 Thence "There" - For משם mishsham, thence, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read שם sham, there.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25

In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can…

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Isaiah 65:20 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.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.Yehit will beH1961
מִשָּׁ֜םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
ע֗וֹדodagainH5750
ע֤וּל'ula sucking child ofH5764
יָמִים֙ya.MimdaysH3117
וְזָקֵ֔ןve.za.Kenand an old [person]H2205
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יְמַלֵּ֖אye.ma.Le'he will completeH4390
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָמָ֑יוya.Mavdays hisH3117
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
הַנַּ֗עַרha.Na.'arthe young manH5288
בֶּן\־ben-a son ofH1121
מֵאָ֤הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
יָמ֔וּתya.Muthe will dieH4191
וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔אve.Ha.cho.Te'and the [one who] missesH2398
בֶּן\־ben-a son ofH1121
מֵאָ֥הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
יְקֻלָּֽל\׃ye.ku.Lalhe will be cursedH7043

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

Cross references for Isaiah 65:20

  • Job 5:26

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12-13

    Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Deuteronomy 4:40

    Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  • Psalms 34:12

    What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Romans 2:5-9

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
There shall.
De 4:40; Job 5:26; Ps 34:12
but.
3:11; Ec 8:12; Ro 2:5-9

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:19

    And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

  • Isaiah 65:20

    There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

  • Isaiah 65:21

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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Isaiah 65:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No habrá más allí niño de días, ni viejo que sus días no cumpla: porque el niño morirá de cien años, y el pecador de cien años, será maldito.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il n’y aura plus, dès lors, ni petit enfant de peu de jours, ni vieillard qui n’ait pas accompli ses jours. Car le jeune homme mourra âgé de 100 ans, et le pécheur âgé de 100 ans sera maudit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dort wird kein Säugling von einigen Tagen und kein Greis mehr sein, der seine Tage nicht erfüllte; denn der Jüngling wird als Hundertjähriger sterben, und der Sünder als Hundertjähriger verflucht werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non erit ibi amplius infans dierum, et senex qui non impleat dies suos, quoniam puer centum annorum morietur, et peccator centum annorum maledictus erit.