2 Samuel 19:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I 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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“I 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?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? 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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“I 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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A son of eighty years I <FI>am<Fi> to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 19:35 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:8“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
- Exodus 12:4If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
- 2 Samuel 13:25“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
- 2 Samuel 15:33David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
- Ezra 2:65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
- Nehemiah 7:67in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
- Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
- Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- 1 Peter 2:3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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