2 Samuel 19:35

Translations

Modern

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?

Traditional

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?

Literal

I am a son of eighty years today. Can I discern between good and evil? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singers and songstresses? Why should be your servant add a burden to my lord the king?

Latin

Octogenarius sum hodie: numquid vigent sensus mei ad discernendum suave aut amarum? aut delectare potest servum tuum cibus et potus? vel audire possum ultra vocem cantorum atque cantatricum? quare servus tuus sit oneri domino meo regi?

Original

Hebrew

English

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?

Notes

2 Samuel 19:31–40

Barzillai was old and weak, so he turned down David's invitation to the royal court in Jerusalem. This invitation was a reward for Barzillai's help. Instead, David took Barzillai’s son Kimham (see also 1 Kings 2:7).

Theme notes and profiles

David

Events

Reign of David

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2 Samuel 15:33
David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
Ezra 2:65
…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Psalm 90:10
The 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.
Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Exodus 2:8
“Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
1 Peter 2:3
…now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Exodus 12:4
If 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.
Nehemiah 7:67
…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
…and 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 12:1–5
Remember 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,”
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.

Glossary

Agia Barzillai David Geruth-kimham Gilead (Place) Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh, Tribe of Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Barzillai: A Friend of David Contentment: Barzillai Contentment: Barzillai, in Refusing to Go with David to Jerusalem David: King of Israel: Barzillai Rewarded Music: Divided Into: Vocal Music: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Old Age: General Scriptures Concerning Taste: The Sense of, Lost

2 Samuel 19:35

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