2 Samuel 19:35
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?
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. Joab rebukes David that his visible mourning demoralizes the victorious troops; David takes his seat at the gate. As David prepares to return to Jerusalem, various parties seek reconciliation: Shimei asks forgiveness, Mephibosheth explains his absence, and Barzillai is invited …
Other Translations
I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? 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?
A son of eighty years I <FI>am<Fi> to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?
I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?
Cross References
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take …
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were …
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not …
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, …
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto …