2 Samuel 19:34 “But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I shoul…”

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

World English Bible

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

Darby Translation

And 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?

Young's Literal Translation

And Barzillai saith unto the king, 'How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Bible in Basic English

And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?

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Cross references

“How long have I to live”

1 Corinthians 7:29 James 4:14 Job 14:14 Genesis 47:9 Psalm 39:5 Psalm 39:6

1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

James 4:14 · BSB

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Job 14:14 · BSB

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Genesis 47:9 · BSB

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”

Psalm 39:5 · BSB

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Psalm 39:6 · BSB

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Also

Genesis 47:8–9

Genesis 47:8–9 · BSB

“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”

35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

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