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.

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New International Version
“Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

New Living Translation
“No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young!

English Standard Version
No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

New American Standard Bible
“No longer will there be in it an infant who lives only a few days, Or an old person who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of a hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of a hundred Will be thought accursed.

NASB 1995
“No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.

NASB 1977
“No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Shall be thought accursed.

Legacy Standard Bible
No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not fulfill his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.

Amplified Bible
“No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives only a few days, Or an old man who does not finish his days; For the youth who dies at the age of a hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of a hundred Will be thought of as accursed.

Christian Standard Bible
In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred years old will be mourned as a young man, and the one who misses a hundred years will be considered cursed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years, and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.

American Standard Version
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 a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Contemporary English Version
No child will die in infancy; everyone will live a very long life. Anyone a hundred years old will be considered young, and to die younger than that will be considered a curse.

English Revised Version
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, and the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days or an old man who doesn't live a long life. Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.

Good News Translation
Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.

International Standard Version
"And there will no longer be in it a young boy who lives only a few days, or an old person who does not live out his days; for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth, and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.

New Heart English Bible
"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

World English Bible
“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.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
There is not a suckling of [mere] days there anymore, "" And an aged man who does not complete his days, "" For the youth dies one hundred years old, "" And the sinner, one hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.

Young's Literal Translation
There 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
There shall be no more from thence a child of days, and an old man who shall not fill up his days: for the boy shall die the son of a hundred years and he sinning, the son of a hundred years, shall be cursed.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Catholic Public Domain Version
There will no longer be an infant of only a few days there, nor an elder who does not complete his days. For a mere child dies at a hundred years of age, and a sinner of a hundred years will be accursed.

New American Bible
No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, nor anyone who does not live a full lifetime; One who dies at a hundred years shall be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred shall be thought accursed.

New Revised Standard Version
No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
There shall be no more in her a child who dies in infancy nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old; but a sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there shall not again be an infant of days or an old man who will not fulfill his days, because a boy shall die a son of a hundred years, and whoever sins as a son of a hundred years shall be cursed

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, That hath not filled his days; For the youngest shall die a hundred years old, And the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Neither shall there be there any more a child that dies untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shall be a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed:

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

A New Heavens and Earth
…19I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. 20No 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. 21They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.…

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Cross References

Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 22:3-5
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. / They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. / There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Zechariah 8:4-5
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. / And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

1 Corinthians 15:54-55
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Jeremiah 31:29-30
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ / Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

Ezekiel 18:2-4
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’? / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. / Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Revelation 20:14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Psalm 92:12-14
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

Job 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

2 Corinthians 5:4
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

Treasury of Scripture

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

there shall

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.

Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Psalm 34:12
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

but

Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
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:

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; …

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Isaiah 65

1. The calling of the Gentiles,
2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy
8. A remnant shall be saved
11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly
17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem

Berean Study Bible

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days
This phrase speaks to a future time of divine blessing and restoration. In the Hebrew context, the word for "nursing infant" (עוֹלֵל, 'olel) conveys vulnerability and dependence. The promise that such infants will not live only a few days suggests a reversal of the curse of premature death, a common fear in ancient times due to high infant mortality rates. This reflects God's ultimate plan for life and prosperity, where even the most vulnerable are protected and cherished.

nor an old man fail to live out his years
The phrase emphasizes longevity and fulfillment of life. The Hebrew word for "old man" (זָקֵן, zaqen) denotes not just age but wisdom and honor. In ancient Israel, living to an old age was seen as a sign of God's favor and blessing. This promise assures that the elderly will not die prematurely, but will experience the fullness of their years, highlighting a future where God's people enjoy the fullness of life as intended.

For the youth will die at a hundred years
Here, the term "youth" (נַעַר, na'ar) is used to describe someone who, even at a hundred years, is still considered young. This hyperbolic expression underscores the extraordinary longevity that will characterize this future era. It suggests a radical transformation of human experience, where a century of life is merely the beginning, reflecting the abundant life promised by God.

and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed
This phrase uses the concept of being "accursed" (אָרוּר, arur) to indicate that dying before a hundred years will be an anomaly, a reversal of the current human condition where early death is common. In the biblical context, a curse is often associated with disobedience or separation from God. Thus, this statement underscores the profound change in the human condition in this prophesied future, where God's blessing is so pervasive that anything less than a full life is seen as a deviation from the norm.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(20) There shall be no more thence . . .--The prophet sees in the restored city not so much an eternal and a deathless life as the return of the traditional longevity of the prediluvian and patriarchal age (Genesis 5, 11), Life will not be prematurely cut off, as it had been, by pestilence and war. (Comp. Zechariah 8:4.) He who dies at the age of a hundred will be thought of as dying young; even the sinner, dying before his time as the penalty of his guilt, shall live out the measure of a century. The noticeable fact is that sin is thought of as not altogether extinct--as still appearing, though under altered conditions, even in the restored Jerusalem.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - There shall be no more thence an infant of days; i.e. there shall not go from the new Jerusalem into the unseen world any infant of a few days old. On the contrary, even "the youth" shall reach a hundred; i.e. one who dies when he is a hundred shall be regarded as cut off in his youth. The general rule shall be, that old men shall "fill their days," or attain to patriarchal longevity. Even the sinner, who is under the curse of God, shall not be cut off till he is a hundred. What is most remarkable in the description is that death and sin are represented as still continuing. Death was spoken of as "swallowed up in victory" in one of the earlier descriptions of Messiah's kingdom (Isaiah 25:8).

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

No
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

longer
ע֗וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

will a nursing infant
ע֤וּל (‘ūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5764: A sucking child, suckling

live
יִֽהְיֶ֨ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

but a few days,
יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

or an old man
וְזָקֵ֔ן (wə·zā·qên)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2205: Old

not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

live out
יְמַלֵּ֖א (yə·mal·lê)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

his days.
יָמָ֑יו (yā·māw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the youth
הַנַּ֗עַר (han·na·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

will die
יָמ֔וּת (yā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

at a hundred
מֵאָ֤ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

years,
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

and he who fails
וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔א (wə·ha·ḥō·w·ṭe)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

[to reach] a hundred
מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

will be considered accursed.
יְקֻלָּֽל׃ (yə·qul·lāl)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

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