2 Samuel 19:35 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 19:35 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 19:35 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 19:35 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 19:35 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 19:35 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 19:35 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I am this day fourescore yeere olde: and can I discerne betweene good or euill? Hath thy seruant any taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare any more the voyce of singing men and women? wherefore then should thy seruant be anymore a burthen vnto my lord the king?”
2 Samuel 19:35 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 19:35 in Context — 2 Samuel 19
33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35 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?
36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
What Does 2 Samuel 19:35 Mean?
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