Sinai2 Samuel 19:34
American Standard Version
And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
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2 Samuel 19:34 in other translations
Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
2 Samuel 19:34 in context
- 32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- 33And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.
- 34And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
- 35I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
- 36Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?