Deuteronomy 34:7

7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

Deuteronomy 34:7 in Other Translations

7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.

7 Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.

7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still walked with a spring in his step.

7 Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left [him].

Deuteronomy 34:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 34:7

And Moses [was] an hundred and twenty years old when he died,
&c.] Which age of his may be divided into three equal periods, forty years in Pharaoh's court, forty years in Midian, and forty in the care and government of Israel, in Egypt and in the wilderness; so long he lived, though the common age of man in his time was but threescore years and ten, ( Psalms 90:10 ) ; and what is most extraordinary is,

his eyes were not dim;
as Isaac's were, and men at such an age, and under, generally be:

nor his natural force abated;
neither the rigour of his mind nor the strength of his body; his intellectuals were not decayed, his memory and judgment; nor was his body feeble, and his countenance aged; his "moisture" was not "fled" ^F13, as it may be rendered, his radical moisture; he did not look withered and wrinkled, but plump and sleek, as if he was a young man in the prime of his days: this may denote the continued use of the ceremonial law then to direct to Christ, and the force of the moral law as in the hands of Christ, requiring obedience and conformity to it, as a rule of walk and conversation, ( 1 Corinthians 9:21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 So Ainsworth.

Deuteronomy 34:7 In-Context

5 And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.

6 He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.

7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.

9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD had commanded Moses.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 7:7; Deuteronomy 31:2
• 2. S Genesis 27:1
• 3. S Genesis 15:15