And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
- BSB Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- 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 31:2And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
- Josh 14:10–11And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
- Gen 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- Gen 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Acts 7:30And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
- Acts 7:23And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren 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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