Isaiah 65:20

65:19 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.

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“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.

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.

There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

What does Isaiah 65:20 mean?

Isaiah 65:20 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עוּל (ʻûwl), יוֹם (yôwm), זָקֵן (zâqên).

Hebrew interlinear

There

shall

thence

infantעוּלʻûwl/ool/H5764a babe

days,יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

nor

old

manזָקֵןzâqên/zaw-kane'/H2205old

that

hath

not

filledמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

his

days:יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

for

the

childנַעַרnaʻar/nah'-ar/H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

shall

dieמוּתmûwth/mooth/H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

hundredמֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/H3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

old;בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

but

the

sinnerחָטָאchâṭâʼ/khaw-taw'/H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

being

hundredמֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/H3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)

oldבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

shall

accursed.קָלַלqâlal/kaw-lal'/H7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

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Accursed Millennium

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 65:20.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Genesis 5:5

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Genesis 5:8

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 65:20 say?

Isaiah 65:20 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 65:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 65:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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