Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
Parallel translations
- WEB Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
- KJV And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
- NKJV And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
- NASB Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
- NLT walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.
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Quick answer
Enoch walked with God and then was not, for God took him without dying. It is a striking testimony to faith and a hint of victory over death.
Overview
Enoch's walk with God ends not in the refrain 'and he died' but in God taking him directly. Hebrews 11:5 explains he was taken so as not to see death, by faith. This rare exception to the chapter's drumbeat of death foreshadows the hope of resurrection and translation that believers have in Christ.
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- Heb 11:5–6By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Gen 5:22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- 2 Kgs 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- Gen 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Jer 31:15This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Gen 37:30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
- Matt 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- 2 Kgs 2:1Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
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