2 Samuel 19:34

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And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בַּרְזִלַּיbarzilaiBarzillaiH1271אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428כַּמָּהkamahhow many?H4100יְמֵיyemei[are] [the] days ofH3117שְׁנֵיshenei[the] years ofH8141חַיַּיchaiyailife myH2416כִּי־ki-thatH3588אֶעֱלֶה'e'elehI will go upH5927אֶת־'et-withH854הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃yerushalimJerusalemH3389

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Related verses

1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Psalm 39:5-6
⁵ Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. ⁶ Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.⁵ You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah ⁶ Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
Genesis 47:8-9
⁸ And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? ⁹ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.⁸ “How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked. ⁹ “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

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People and places

People: Barzillai

Places: Jerusalem