KJV King James Version
And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
WEB World English Bible
Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
ASV American Standard Version
and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
Surrounding context — Genesis 5
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an 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.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
Hebrews 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 John 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.Genesis 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 Kings 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.Genesis 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.Genesis 37:30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?Jeremiah 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.2 Kings 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.Matthew 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.
CLASSIC COMMENTARY & PREACHING
Spurgeon on Genesis 5:24
Read Charles H. Spurgeon material whose primary Scripture is this verse or passage.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Genesis 5:24
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →