And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
- BSB Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Heb 11:5–6By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- Gen 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- 2 Kgs 2:11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- Gen 42:36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Jer 31:15Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Gen 37:30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
- Matt 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- 2 Kgs 2:1And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
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