Barzillai replied, “I don’t have much longer to live. I shouldn’t go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem.
The king told Barzillai, “Cross the river with me. I’ll provide for you in Jerusalem.”
“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time has been shortened. While it lasts, those who are married should live as though they were not.
You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.