But Barzillai answered, “I don't have long to live; why should I go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem?
The king said to him, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.”
If a man dies, can he come back to life? But I will wait for better times, wait till this time of trouble is ended.
What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;
You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.