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

Genre

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

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Archimedes

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Diodorus Siculus
Source
History of the World
Language
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Time
212 BC 210s BC 3rd century BC
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Archimedes. Quoted in History of the World, written by Diodorus Siculus. c. 20 BC.

Current Citation

Archimedes. Quoted in Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Volume IX, Books 18-19.65. Harvard University Press, 1947.

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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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Ecclesiastes The Bible
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Scripture
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Statement Type
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Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).