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

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת

Genesis 5:27

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Old age

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Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 5:27).

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I hope I die before I get old.

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6-7

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Source
Isaiah The Bible
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Scripture
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Statement Type
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Language
Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 9:6-7).