2 Samuel 19:35

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I'm already eighty years old, and my body is almost numb. I can't taste my food or hear the sound of singing, and I would be nothing but a burden.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:25

David answered, “No, my son, we won't go. It would be too expensive for you.” Absalom tried to get him to change his mind, but David did not want to go. He only said that he hoped they would have a good time.

2 Samuel 15:33

David told him: If you come with me, you might slow us down.

2 Samuel 19:36

I'll cross the river with you, but I'll only go a little way on the other side. You don't have to be so kind to me.

Job 12:11

We hear with our ears, taste with our tongues,

Job 6:30

I know right from wrong, and I am not telling lies.

Psalm 90:10

We can expect seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are healthy, but even our best years bring trouble and sorrow. Suddenly our time is up, and we disappear.

Exodus 12:4

If any family is too small to eat the whole animal, they must share it with their next door neighbours. Choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. And it must be large enough for everyone to have some of the meat.

Exodus 2:8

“Yes,” the king's daughter answered. So the girl brought the baby's mother,

Ecclesiastes 2:8

Foreign rulers brought me silver, gold, and precious treasures. Men and women sang for me, and I had many wives who gave me great pleasure.

Hebrews 5:14

Solid food is for mature people who have been trained to know right from wrong.

1 Peter 2:3

You have already found out how good the Lord really is.