Barzillai replied to the king, ‘How many years of my life are left that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I mean, brethren, the appointed time has been winding down and it has grown very short. From now on, let even those who have wives be as if they had none, American Standard Version (1901) But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; Common English Bible This is what I’m saying, brothers and sisters: The time has drawn short. From now on, those who have wives should be like people who don’t have them. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none; |
Barzillai replied to the king, ‘How many years of my life are left that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is on her whole crowd.
‘And another said, “I just got married, and therefore I’m unable to come.”
However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything,
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains for ever.