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?
Parallel translations
- KJV And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
- BSB But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
- ESV But Barzillai said to the king, “How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
- NKJV But Barzillai said to the king, “How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
- NASB But Barzillai said to the king, “How long do I still have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
- NLT “No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Cor 7:29But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
- Jas 4:14Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
- Job 14:14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
- Gen 47:8–9Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
- Ps 39:5–6Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
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