2 Samuel 19:34

Douay-Rheims Bible

And 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?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Barzillai replied to the king, “How many years of my life are left that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Hebrew Names Version
Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Yerushalayim?

King James Version
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Lexham English Bible
Then Barzillai said to the king, "What are the days of the years of my life, that I should go with the king to Jerusalem?

English Standard Version
But Barzillai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

New Century Version
But Barzillai answered the king, "Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?

New English Translation
Barzillai replied to the king, "How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Amplified Bible
But Barzillai said to the king, "How much longer have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

New American Standard Bible
But Barzillai said to the king, "How long do I still have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Barzillai said vnto the king, Howe long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the king to Ierusalem?

Legacy Standard Bible
But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Contemporary English Version
Barzillai answered: Your Majesty, why should I go to Jerusalem? I don't have much longer to live.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to Barzillai, "Come on across with me, and I will provide for your needs with me in Yerushalayim."

Darby Translation
And Barzillai 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?

Easy-to-Read Version
But Barzillai said to the king, "Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?

George Lamsa Translation
And Barzillai said to the king, How many years have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Good News Translation
But Barzillai answered, "I don't have long to live; why should I go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem?

Literal Translation
And Barzillai 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?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Barsillai sayde vnto the kynge: What haue I yet to lyue, that I shulde go vp to Ierusalem wt the kynge?

American Standard Version
And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Bible in Basic English
And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Barzellai saide vnto the king: How long haue I to liue, that I shuld go vp with the king vnto Hierusalem?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'

King James Version (1611)
And Barzillai sayde vnto the king, How long haue I to liue, that I should goe vp with the King vnto Ierusalem?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Berzelli 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?

English Revised Version
And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

Berean Standard Bible
But Barzillai replied, "How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Berzellai seide to the kyng, Hou manye ben the daiest of yeeres of my lijf, that Y stie with the kyng in to Jerusalem?

Young's Literal Translation
And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Update Bible Version
And Barzillai 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?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

World English Bible
Barzillai 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?

New King James Version
But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

New Living Translation
"No," he replied, "I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.

New Life Bible
But Barzillai said to the king, "How much longer have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

New Revised Standard
But Barzillai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But Barzillai said unto the king, - Like unto what, are the days of the years of my life, that I should come up with the king, to Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
But Barzil'lai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

THE MESSAGE
But Barzillai declined the offer, "How long do you think I'd live if I went with the king to Jerusalem? I'm eighty years old and not much good anymore to anyone. Can't taste food; can't hear music. So why add to the burdens of my master the king? I'll just go a little way across the Jordan with the king. But why would the king need to make a great thing of that? Let me go back and die in my hometown and be buried with my father and mother. But my servant Kimham here; let him go with you in my place. But treat him well!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Contextual Overview

³¹ Berzellai also the Galaadite coming down from Rogelim, brought the king over the Jordan, being ready also to wait on him beyond the river. ³² Now Berzellai the Galaadite was of a great age, that is to say, fourscore years old, and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp: for he was a man exceeding rich. ³³ And the king said to Berzellai: Come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in Jerusalem. ³⁴ And 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? ³⁵ 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? ³⁶ I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense. ³⁷ But I beseech thee let thy servant return, and die in my own city, and be buried by the sepulchre of my father, and of my mother. But there is thy servant Chamaam, let him go with thee, my lord, the king, and do to him whatsoever seemeth good to thee. ³⁸ Then the king said to him: Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do for him whatsoever shall please thee, and all that thou shalt ask of me, thou shalt obtain. ³⁹ And when all the people and the king had passed over the Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai, and blessed him: and he returned to his own place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How long have I to live: Heb. How many days are the years of my life, Genesis 47:9, Job 14:14, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 39:6, 1 Corinthians 7:29, James 4:14

Cross-References

Isaiah 3:9
The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.

Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 6:15
They were confounded, because they committed abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12
They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Barzillai said unto the king,.... In answer to the grateful proposal he made:

how long have I to live; that could not be said with exactness by any; but it might be probably conjectured from the age he was of, and the infirmities that attended him, that he could not live long; it was but a short time he had to be in the world:

that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? take so long a journey as that, seeing he might die before he got thither; and if he did not, since it could not be thought he should live long, he could not think of it, or judge it advisable at such an age to take such a journey, change his place of abode, and manner of living.