2 Samuel 19:34

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many <FI>are<Fi> the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:34 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 47:8“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
  2. Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
  3. Psalms 39:5You, 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
  4. 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  5. James 4:14You 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.

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