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Deuteronomy 34:7

Moses
Old ageStrength and help in weakness

5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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BSB
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
KJV
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
WEB
Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
ASV
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
DARBY
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
BLB
And Moses [was] a son of a hundred and twenty years when he died; his eyes were not dim, nor had his vigor fled.
ÅB
Moses var hundre og tyve år gammel da han døde; hans øye var ikke sløvet, og hans kraft var ikke veket bort.
OTB
Moses var hundre og tjue år gammel da han døde, men hans syn var ikke svekket, og hans kraft var ikke forminsket.
B1930
Moses var hundre og tyve år gammel da han døde; hans øie var ikke sløvet, og hans kraft var ikke veket bort.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:2

    he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’

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  • Joshua 14:10–11

    Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

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  • Genesis 27:1

    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

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  • Genesis 48:10

    Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

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  • Acts 7:36

    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

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  • Acts 7:30

    After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

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  • Acts 7:23

    When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

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