Now it was when Isaac grew old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he said to him.
Psalm 71:18 - Tree of Life Version So even until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; Until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might and power to all that are to come. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. Common English Bible So, even in my old age with gray hair, don’t abandon me, God! Not until I tell generations about your mighty arm, tell all who are yet to come about your strength, Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful things. |
Now it was when Isaac grew old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he said to him.
His posterity will serve him, telling the next generation about my Lord.
Consider her ramparts, go through her palaces, so you may describe it to the next generation.
Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me.
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the next generation the praises of Adonai and His strength and the wonders He has done.
so that the next generation might know, even the children yet to be born: they will arise and tell their children.
“You are to tell your son on that day saying, ‘It is because of what Adonai did for me when I came out of Egypt.
Even to your old age I will be the same, until you are gray I will carry you. I have done it; I will bear you; I will carry you; I will deliver you.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
For after David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he went to sleep and was laid with his fathers and saw decay.
As soon as he mentioned of the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the town gate. His neck broke and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel 40 years.