Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
- KJV And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
- NKJV Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
- NASB Although Moses was 120 years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor had his vigor left him.
- NLT Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.
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Quick answer
Moses dies at 120 years old with undimmed eyes and unspent strength. His death came at God's appointed time, not from natural decline.
Overview
The note that Moses' vigor remained shows his death was God's sovereign call, not the failing of age. A life of 120 years, full and divinely preserved, testifies to God's sustaining grace upon His servant. It reminds us that the times of God's people are in His hands, and that He upholds those who serve Him to the end (Ps. 90:1-2, a psalm of Moses).
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 31:2he 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.’
- Josh 14:10–11Now 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,
- Gen 48:10Now 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.
- Gen 27:1When 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.
- Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- Acts 7:30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
- Acts 7:23When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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