Now Elisha had fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Zechariah 1:5 - King James 2000 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? American Standard Version (1901) Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Common English Bible So where are your ancestors? Do the prophets live forever? Catholic Public Domain Version Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, shall they live always? |
Now Elisha had fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land in the spring of the year.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever.
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Take you again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my saying, he shall never taste of death.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption:
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented over him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.