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? Cross References 2 Samuel 15:33 David said to him, "If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. 2 Samuel 19:36 Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward? 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. 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 12:4 when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint, Isaiah 5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. Isaiah 5:12 At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands. Treasury of Scripture 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? can I discern Job 6:30 Job 12:11 Hebrews 5:14 taste Ecclesiastes 12:1-5 I hear Ezra 2:65 Nehemiah 7:67 Exodus 2:8 a burden 2 Samuel 13:25 2 Samuel 15:33 |