I am 80 years old! I am too old to tell which is bad and which is good. I am too old to taste the things I eat or drink. I am too old to hear any more the voices of men and women that sing. Why should you want to be bothered with me?
2 Samuel 19:36 - Easy To Read Version I don’t need any of the things that you want to give me. I will go across the Jordan River with you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your servant will only go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? American Standard Version (1901) Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? Common English Bible Your servant will cross a short way over the Jordan with the king, but why should the king give me such a reward? Catholic Public Domain Version I, your servant, shall procede a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee. I need not this recompense. |
I am 80 years old! I am too old to tell which is bad and which is good. I am too old to taste the things I eat or drink. I am too old to hear any more the voices of men and women that sing. Why should you want to be bothered with me?
But please, let me go back home. Then I can die in my own town and be buried in the grave of my father and mother. But here, Kimham can be your servant; let him go back with you, my lord and king. Do whatever you want with him.”
We live maybe 70 years.\par And if we are strong, maybe 80 years.\par Our lives are filled with hard work and pain.\par Then suddenly, our lives are finished!\par And we fly away.\par
Remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad times \{of old age\} come—before the years come when you say, “I have wasted my life.” {\cf2\super [44]}
Give to other people, and you will receive. You will be given much. It will be poured into your hands—more than you can hold. You will be given so much that it will spill into your lap. The way you give to other people is the way God will give to you.”