But Barzillai said to the king, “How many years are left of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
2 Samuel 19:36 - Tree of Life Version I am now 80 years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I listen any more to the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? 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. |
But Barzillai said to the king, “How many years are left of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. But why should the king reward me with such a reward?
The span of our years is seventy —or with strength, eighty— yet at best they are trouble and sorrow. For they are soon gone, and we fly away.
So remember your Creator in the days of your youth: before the days of misery come, and years draw near when you will say: “I have no pleasure in them”—
Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”