When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, “My son,” and he answered, “Here I am.”
Psalm 71:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; Until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might and power to all that are to come. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. Common English Bible So, even in my old age with gray hair, don’t abandon me, God! Not until I tell generations about your mighty arm, tell all who are yet to come about your strength, Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things. |
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, “My son,” and he answered, “Here I am.”
and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.
that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent.
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord and his might and the wonders that he has done.
that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and rise up and tell them to their children,
You shall tell your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
even to your old age I am he; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago! Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
“For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, died, was laid beside his ancestors, and experienced corruption,
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.