2 Samuel 19:36
34 But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
35 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?
Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37 Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
38 The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
- KJV
- Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
- WEB
- Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
- ASV
- Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
- DARBY
- Thy servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it to me with this reward?
- BLB
- As a little thing your servant will pass over the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me this reward?
- ÅB
- Bare for en kort tid kan din tjener gå med kongen over Jordan; men hvorfor skulle kongen vise meg en slik velgjerning?
- OTB
- Din tjener ville bare krysse Jordan med kongen. Hvorfor skulle kongen belønne meg med en slik belønning?
- B1930
- Bare for en kort tid kan din tjener gå med kongen over Jordan; men hvorfor skulde kongen vise mig en sådan velgjerning?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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