Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI 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? Young's Literal Translation 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? King James Bible 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? Hebrew I amאָנֹכִ֨י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I now הַיּ֜וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day eighty שְׁמֹנִ֣ים (šə·mō·nîm) Number - common plural Strong's 8084: Eighty, eightieth years old. בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son Can I discern הַאֵדַ֣ע ׀ (ha·’ê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3045: To know what is good ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good and what is not? לְרָ֗ע (lə·rā‘) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil Can your servant עַבְדְּךָ֙ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant taste יִטְעַ֤ם (yiṭ·‘am) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2938: To taste, to perceive what אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he eats אֹכַל֙ (’ō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 398: To eat or drinks? אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה (’eš·teh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8354: To imbibe Can I still ע֔וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more hear אֶשְׁמַ֣ע (’eš·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the voice בְּק֖וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of singing men שָׁרִ֣ים (šā·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7891: To sing and women? וְשָׁר֑וֹת (wə·šā·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 7891: To sing Why וְלָמָּה֩ (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should your servant עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant be יִֽהְיֶ֨ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be an added עוֹד֙ (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more burden לְמַשָּׂ֔א (lə·maś·śā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to my lord אֲדֹנִ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller the king? הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king |
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