2 Samuel 19:36
34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
35 I am this day fourscore 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? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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 shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
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