Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
Psalm 90:10 - Easy To Read Version 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 Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)–or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride [in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away. American Standard Version (1901) The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away. Common English Bible We live at best to be seventy years old, maybe eighty, if we’re strong. But their duration brings hard work and trouble because they go by so quickly. And then we fly off. Catholic Public Domain Version Disaster will not draw near to you, and the scourge will not approach your tabernacle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling. |
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
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?
I don’t need any of the things that you want to give me. I will go across the Jordan River with you.
King David was very old. He could not keep warm. His servants covered him with blankets, but he was still cold.
But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par
Like a dream, he will fly away\par and no one will ever find him.\par He will be forced away and forgotten\par like a bad dream. {\cf2\super [33]} \par
Bad people might be successful\par for awhile,\par but then they will be gone.\par They will be cut down like grain,\par just like everyone else.\par
But man is born to have trouble,\par as sure as sparks fly up from a fire.\par
God remembered they were only people.\par People are like a wind that blows,\par and then it is gone.\par
My home, my shepherd’s tent,\par is being pulled down\par and taken from me.\par I am finished\par like the cloth a man rolls up\par and cuts from the loom. {\cf2\super [367]} \par You finished my life in such a short time!\par
The price for a man who is 60 years old or older is 15 shekels. The price for a woman is 10 shekels.
But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’
Moses was 120 years old when he died. He was as strong as ever, and his eyes were still good.
You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.
I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. I am as ready to fight as I was then.