King James Version

Genesis 5:24

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

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וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְvayithalekheand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and walk”, the next action in the storyH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…חֲנ֖וֹךְchanokheEnochחֲנוֹךְnoun, proper name — “Enoch”H2585Chanok, an antediluvian patriachEnoch.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּveeynenvand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…לָקַ֥חlaqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a completed actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֹת֖וֹotvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֱלֹהִֽיםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ· καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, ὅτι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός.