Genesis 5:27
New International Version
Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

New Living Translation
Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.

English Standard Version
Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Berean Standard Bible
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

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

New King James Version
So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

New American Standard Bible
So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

NASB 1995
So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

NASB 1977
So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Legacy Standard Bible
So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.

Amplified Bible
So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Christian Standard Bible
So Methuselah’s life lasted 969 years; then he died.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Methuselah’s life lasted 969 years; then he died.

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

Contemporary English Version
and died at the age of 969.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Methuselah lived a total of 969 years; then he died.

Good News Translation
and died at the age of 969.

International Standard Version
Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.

Majority Standard Bible
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

NET Bible
The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

New Heart English Bible
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, then he died.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

World English Bible
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he dies.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

Smith's Literal Translation
And all the days of Methuselah shall be nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he shall die.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the days of Mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And all the days of Methuselah that passed were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and then he died.

New American Bible
The whole lifetime of Methuselah was nine hundred and sixty-nine years; then he died.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years; and he died.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And all the days of Methushelakh were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
From Methuselah to Noah
26And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. 28When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.…

Cross References
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Jude 1:14-15
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones / to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Romans 5:12-14
Therefore, 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 account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

Matthew 24:37-39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Isaiah 65:20
No 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.

Psalm 90:10
The 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.

Job 14:1-2
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Ecclesiastes 3:2
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Psalm 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Genesis 5:5
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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Genesis 5
1. Recapitulation of the creation of man.
3. The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.
22. Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.
25. The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons














So Methuselah lived
The name "Methuselah" is derived from the Hebrew "מְתוּשֶׁלַח" (Methushelach), which can be interpreted as "man of the dart" or "his death shall bring." This name is significant in the genealogical record of Genesis, as Methuselah is a direct ancestor of Noah. The phrase "lived" here emphasizes the continuity of life and the fulfillment of God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). Methuselah's life is a testament to the longevity granted by God before the Flood, symbolizing a period of grace and patience from God towards humanity.

a total of 969 years
Methuselah's age, 969 years, is the longest recorded lifespan in the Bible. This extraordinary longevity is often seen as a symbol of God's blessing and the vitality of the antediluvian (pre-Flood) world. The number 969 itself, while not having a specific symbolic meaning, underscores the idea of completeness and fullness of life. In a historical context, such long lifespans are unique to the Genesis genealogies, reflecting a time when humanity was closer to the original creation and less affected by the corruption of sin.

and then he died
The phrase "and then he died" is a recurring refrain in Genesis 5, highlighting the inevitability of death as a consequence of the Fall (Genesis 3:19). Despite Methuselah's long life, this phrase serves as a sobering reminder of the mortality that all humans face. It also marks the transition from the antediluvian world to the post-Flood era, as Methuselah's death is traditionally understood to have occurred in the same year as the Flood. This connection underscores the theme of judgment and renewal, as God prepares to cleanse the earth and start anew with Noah and his family.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Methuselah
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח (mə·ṯū·še·laḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4968: Methuselah -- perhaps 'man of the dart', a descendant of Seth

lived
וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (way·yih·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a total of
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

969
תֵּ֤שַׁע (tê·ša‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 8672: Nine, ninth

years,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

and then he died.
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (way·yā·mōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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