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Isaiah 65:20

Eternal life

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

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.

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.

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

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
There 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.
BLB
There will not be from there anymore an infant of days, or an elder who does not fulfill his days. For the youth will die a son of a hundred years, a son, and the one falling short of a hundred years [old] will be accursed.
ÅB
Det skal ikke mere komme derfra noe diebarn som bare lever få dager, eller en gammel mann som ikke fyller sine dagers mål; nei, en ung mann skal den være som dør hundre år gammel, og hundre år gammel skal den synder bli som forbannes[^3].
OTB
Det skal ikke lenger være i den en spedbarn som lever bare noen få dager, eller en gammel person som ikke lever ut sine år; den som dør hundre år gammel, skal bli ansett som en ungdom, og den som ikke når hundre år, skal bli ansett som forbannet.
B1930
Det skal ikke mere komme derfra noget diebarn som bare lever få dager, eller en gammel mann som ikke fyller sine dagers mål; nei, en ung mann skal den være som dør hundre år gammel, og hundre år gammel skal den synder bli som forbannes. / < SLM 55, 24.>

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Cross references

  • Job 5:26

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

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 34:12

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

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  • Isaiah 3:11

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

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  • 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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