Cross References I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king? 2 Samuel 15:33 And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me: 2 Samuel 19:36 I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense. Psalm 90:10 The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. Ecclesiastes 2:8 I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine: Ecclesiastes 12:4 And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder's voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf. Isaiah 5:11 Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine. Isaiah 5:12 The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king? can I discern Job 6:30 And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. Job 12:11 Doth not the ear discern words, and the palate of him that eateth, the taste? Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat is for the perfect: for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil. 1 Peter 2:3 If so be you have tasted that the Lord is sweet. taste Ecclesiastes 12:1-5 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not: . . . I hear Ezra 2:65 Besides their menservants, and womenservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven: and among them singing men, and singing women two hundred. Nehemiah 7:67 Beside their menservants and womenservants, who were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and among them singing men, and singing women, two hundred forty-five. Exodus 2:8 She answered: Go. The maid went and called her mother. Exodus 12:4 But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb. a burden 2 Samuel 13:25 And the king said to Absalom: Nay, my son, do not ask that we should all come, and be chargeable to thee. And when he pressed him, and he would not go, he blessed him. 2 Samuel 15:33 And David said to him: If thou come with me, thou wilt be a burden to me: Context David's Kindness to Barzillai…34And Berzellai 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? 35I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why should thy servant be a burden to my lord, the king?36I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense.… Lexicon I amאָנֹכִ֨י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I now הַיּ֜וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day eighty שְׁמֹנִ֣ים (šə·mō·nîm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 8084: Eighty, eightieth years old. בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son Can I discern הַאֵדַ֣ע ׀ (ha·’ê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know what is good ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and what is not? לְרָ֗ע (lə·rā‘) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil Can your servant עַבְדְּךָ֙ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant taste יִטְעַ֤ם (yiṭ·‘am) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2938: To taste, to perceive what אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he eats אֹכַל֙ (’ō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat or drinks? אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה (’eš·teh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe Can I still ע֔וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more hear אֶשְׁמַ֣ע (’eš·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently the voice בְּק֖וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound of singing men שָׁרִ֣ים (šā·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing and women? וְשָׁר֑וֹת (wə·šā·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing Why וְלָמָּה֩ (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should your servant עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant be יִֽהְיֶ֨ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be an added עוֹד֙ (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more burden לְמַשָּׂ֔א (lə·maś·śā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to my lord אֲדֹנִ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller the king? הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king Additional Translations 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?I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? 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? I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king? 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? 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? I am this day eighty 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? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? A son of eighty years I am 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? 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