2 Samuel 19:35

A Conservative Version

I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:33

And David said to him, If thou pass on with me, then thou will be a burden to me,

Ezra 2:65

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And they had two hundred singing men and singing women.

Psalm 90:10

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

1 Peter 2:3

if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.

Job 12:11

Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

Job 6:30

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Nehemiah 7:67

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven. And they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.

2 Samuel 13:25

And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he pressed him. However he would not go, but blessed him.

Exodus 12:4

And if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls, according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

Exodus 2:8

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.

2 Samuel 19:36

Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king, and why should the king recompense it to me with such a reward?