Genesis 5:27
He died when he was 969 years old.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
In Context
26Then Methuselah lived for another 782 years, and he had more sons and daughters.
28Lamek lived a long time too. He was 182 years old when he had a son.
Cross References
Genesis 9:29He died when he was 950 years old.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:26-28
25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. Concerning Methuselah observe, 1. The signification of his name, which some think was prophetical, his father Enoch being a prophet. Methuselah signifies, he dies, or there is a dart, or, a sending forth, namely, of the deluge, which came the… Read the whole commentary →