Verse 35

I am this day eighty years old; and can I distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kongen sa til Barzillai: 'Kom med meg over elven, så skal jeg sørge for deg i Jerusalem.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel. Kan jeg skjelne mellom det gode og det onde? Kan din tjener smake hva han spiser eller drikker? Eller høre sangen av sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skal da din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Norsk King James

  Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel; kan jeg skille mellom godt og ondt? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg høre sangene til sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skulle din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel. Kan jeg kjenne forskjellen på godt og ondt? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser eller hva jeg drikker? Kan jeg lytte til sangernes eller sangerinnens stemme? Hvorfor skulle din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men Barzilaj svarte kongen: 'Hvor mange år har jeg igjen å leve, at jeg skulle dra opp med kongen til Jerusalem?'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg er nå åtti år. Kan jeg skille mellom det gode og det onde? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg høre mer sangen fra sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skal din tjener da være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel; kan jeg skjelne mellom godt og ondt? Kan jeg ane smaken i det jeg spiser og drikker? Hører jeg fortsatt lyden av sang fra menn og kvinner? Hvorfor skal din tjener da være en byrde for min herre, kongen?»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Jeg er nå åtti år. Kan jeg skille mellom det gode og det onde? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg høre mer sangen fra sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skal din tjener da være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Barzillai svarte kongen: "Hvor mange flere år har jeg å leve, siden jeg skal gå opp med kongen til Jerusalem?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more years do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men Barzillai svarte kongen: 'Hvor mange år har jeg igjen, siden jeg skal gå opp til Jerusalem med kongen?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg er idag fiirsindstyve Aar gammel; mon jeg skulde kjende, hvad Godt eller Ondt er? mon din Tjener kunde smage, hvad jeg æder, eller hvad jeg drikker? mon jeg kan høre ydermere paa Sangeres eller Sangerskers Røst? hvorfor skulde da din Tjener ydermere være min Herre Kongen til Byrde?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel. Kan jeg fortsatt skjelne mellom godt og ondt? Kan din tjener fortsatt smake hva jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg fortsatt høre stemmen til sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skulle din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg er i dag åtti år gammel: kan jeg skjelne mellom godt og vondt? Kan din tjener smake det jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg fortsatt høre stemmene til sangere og sangerinner? Hvorfor skulle din tjener da være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg er åtti år i dag. Kan jeg skille mellom godt og ondt? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser og drikker? Kan jeg høre syngernes sangstemmer lenger? Hvorfor skulle din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg er i dag åtti år: kan jeg skille mellom godt og dårlig? Kan din tjener smake hva jeg spiser eller drikker? Kan jeg fortsatt høre syngende menn og kvinner? Hvorfor skal din tjener være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg er nå åtti år; jeg kan ikke kjenne forskjell på det som er godt og ondt. Tar jeg fortsatt glede av å spise og drikke, eller lytte til sang fra menn og kvinner? Hvorfor skulle jeg da være en byrde for min herre kongen?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This daye am I foure score yeare olde. How shulde I knowe what is good or euell, or taist what I eate or drynke, or heare what the Musicians do synge? Why shulde thy seruaunt be chargeable first vnto my lorde the kynge?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I am this day fourescore yeere olde: and can I discerne betweene good or euill? Hath thy seruant any taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare any more the voyce of singing men and women? Wherefore then should thy seruant be anymore a burthen vnto my lord the king?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I am this day foure score yeres olde: & can I deserue betweene good or euyll? Hath thy seruaunt any taste in that he eateth or drinketh? Can he heare any more the voyce of syngyng men and women? wherfore the should thy seruaunt be yet a burthen vnto my lord the king?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A son of eighty years I `am' 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?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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?

• World English Bible (2000)

  I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 15:33 : 33 To whom David said, If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me:
• Ezra 2:65 : 65 Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their strength is labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
• Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.
• Eccl 12:1-5 : 1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near when you will say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain. 3 In the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened, 4 And the doors are shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he rises up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music are brought low; 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
• Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the operation of his hands.
• Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• 1 Pet 2:3 : 3 If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
• Neh 7:67 : 67 Besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
• Job 6:30 : 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern perverse things?
• Job 12:11 : 11 Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?
• Exod 2:8 : 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. So the girl went and called the child's mother.
• Exod 12:4 : 4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the people; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
• 2 Sam 13:25 : 25 And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be a burden to you. And he urged him; however, he would not go, but blessed him.