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Genesis 5:24

What does Genesis 5:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 5:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he walked with God, and was seen no more: because God took him.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Enoch walked withGod; and he was not, forGod took him.

Context

v.23and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

v.24This passage

v.25And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 John 1:7

    but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • 2 Kings 2:1

    And it came to pass, when Jehovah would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

  • Genesis 37:30

    And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

  • Genesis 5:22

    and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Luke 23:43

    And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

  • Hebrews 11:5

    By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

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