Genesis 47:9 Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourning are 130—a short and hard life and not nearly as long as my ancestors were given.” Then Jacob blessed Phar...

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The Message - Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourning are 130—a short and hard life and not nearly as long as my ancestors were given.” Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.
新标点和合本 - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 雅各对法老说：“我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的岁月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 雅各对法老说：“我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的岁月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
当代译本 - 雅各回答说：“我在世上寄居一百三十年了，我的日子又苦又短，不像我祖先当年那样高寿。”
圣经新译本 - 雅各回答法老：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。”
中文标准译本 - 雅各回答法老：“我在世寄居的年日有一百三十年了；我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
现代标点和合本 - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
和合本（拼音版） - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
New International Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
New International Reader's Version - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”
English Standard Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.”
New Living Translation - Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
Christian Standard Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.”
New American Standard Bible - So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my living abroad are 130; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.”
New King James Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
Amplified Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”
American Standard Version - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
King James Version - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
New English Translation - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
World English Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
新標點和合本 - 雅各對法老說：「我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 雅各對法老說：「我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的歲月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 雅各對法老說：「我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的歲月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
當代譯本 - 雅各回答說：「我在世上寄居一百三十年了，我的日子又苦又短，不像我祖先當年那樣高壽。」
聖經新譯本 - 雅各回答法老：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲。我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。”
呂振中譯本 - 雅各對法老說：『我寄居在世的年日已有一百三十歲：我一生的年日又少又苦，趕不上我祖宗寄居在世的日子一生的年日。』
中文標準譯本 - 雅各回答法老：「我在世寄居的年日有一百三十年了；我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
現代標點和合本 - 雅各對法老說：「我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲。我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。」
文理和合譯本 - 對曰、余旅世年百有三十、我之歲月無幾、且歷艱苦、不及吾祖旅世之年、
文理委辦譯本 - 雅各曰、余旅世年百有三十、較祖旅世之年少、不能相及、且多歷艱苦。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 雅各曰、我旅世之年、一百有三十、較我祖旅世之年為少、且多歷艱苦、或作雅各曰我旅世之年日一百三十歲我年無幾且多歷艱苦不及我祖之年為多
Nueva Versión Internacional - —Ya tengo ciento treinta años —respondió Jacob—. Mis años de andar peregrinando de un lado a otro han sido pocos y difíciles, pero no se comparan con los años de peregrinaje de mis antepasados.
현대인의 성경 - 야곱은 이렇게 대답하였다. “나그네처럼 살아온 세월이 130년이 되었습니다. 내 조상들의 나그네 생활에 비하면 내 나이가 얼마 되지 않지만 정말 고달픈 세월을 보냈습니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Иаков ответил фараону: – Дней моего странствования сто тридцать лет. Малочисленны и горьки были годы моей жизни, и число их не достигло годов странствования моих отцов.
Восточный перевод - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Jacob répondit : Le nombre de mes années de migrations est de cent trente. Les jours de ma vie ont été peu nombreux et mauvais et je n’atteindrai pas le nombre des années qu’ont duré les migrations de mes ancêtres.
リビングバイブル - 「百三十歳になります。苦労が多く、こんなに老いぼれてしまいました。先祖には、もっともっと長生きした者も大ぜいおりますのに。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Jacó respondeu ao faraó: “São cento e trinta os anos da minha peregrinação. Foram poucos e difíceis e não chegam aos anos da peregrinação dos meus antepassados”.
Hoffnung für alle - »Ich bin nun 130 Jahre alt und habe mein Leben als Fremder verbracht, mal hier und mal dort«, antwortete Jakob. »Auch meine Vorfahren zogen heimatlos umher, doch im Vergleich zu ihnen war mein Leben hart und kurz.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Gia-cốp đáp: “Thưa vua, tôi được 130 tuổi, đời du mục của tôi rất ngắn ngủi và cực nhọc so với đời du mục của tổ tiên tôi.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ยาโคบทูลว่า “ข้าพเจ้าร่อนเร่มา 130 ปีแล้ว ปีเดือนของข้าพระบาทก็สั้นและลำเค็ญ ไม่ยืนยาวเหมือนบรรพบุรุษผู้มีชีวิตเร่ร่อนเช่นกัน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ยาโคบตอบว่า “ข้าพเจ้ามีชีวิต 130 ปีซึ่งก็ได้อพยพเรื่อยมา แต่ไม่กี่ปีเอง และได้ฟันฝ่ามาโดยตลอด แต่ก็ยังไม่ยืนยาวเท่ากับบรรพบุรุษซึ่งได้อพยพเรื่อยมาเช่นกัน”

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Genesis 50:26 - Joseph died at the age of 110 years. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
Job 8:8 - “Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. For we’re newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what’s what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they’re cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. That’s what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they’re like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn’t miss them one bit. The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.
Joshua 24:29 - After all this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of God, died. He was 110 years old. They buried him in the land of his inheritance at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Genesis 11:24 - When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he lived 119 more years and had other sons and daughters.
2 Corinthians 5:6 - That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.
Hebrews 11:11 - By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said. That’s how it happened that from one man’s dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions. * * *
Hebrews 11:13 - Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing. How did they do it? They saw it way off in the distance, waved their greeting, and accepted the fact that they were transients in this world. People who live this way make it plain that they are looking for their true home. If they were homesick for the old country, they could have gone back any time they wanted. But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them.
Psalms 90:3 - So don’t return us to mud, saying, “Back to where you came from!” Patience! You’ve got all the time in the world—whether a thousand years or a day, it’s all the same to you. Are we no more to you than a wispy dream, no more than a blade of grass That springs up gloriously with the rising sun and is cut down without a second thought? Your anger is far and away too much for us; we’re at the end of our rope. You keep track of all our sins; every misdeed since we were children is entered in your books. All we can remember is that frown on your face. Is that all we’re ever going to get? We live for seventy years or so (with luck we might make it to eighty), And what do we have to show for it? Trouble. Toil and trouble and a marker in the graveyard. Who can make sense of such rage, such anger against the very ones who fear you?
Psalms 90:12 - Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well! Come back, God—how long do we have to wait?— and treat your servants with kindness for a change. Surprise us with love at daybreak; then we’ll skip and dance all the day long. Make up for the bad times with some good times; we’ve seen enough evil to last a lifetime. Let your servants see what you’re best at— the ways you rule and bless your children. And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do!
Deuteronomy 34:7 - Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still walked with a spring in his step. The People of Israel wept for Moses in the Plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Job 42:16 - Job lived on another 140 years, living to see his children and grandchildren—four generations of them! Then he died—an old man, a full life.
Genesis 25:7 - Abraham lived 175 years. Then he took his final breath. He died happy at a ripe old age, full of years, and was buried with his family. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre. It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.
2 Samuel 19:33 - “Join me in Jerusalem,” the king said to Barzillai. “Let me take care of you.”
2 Samuel 19:34 - 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!”
1 Peter 2:11 - Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life in your neighborhood so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.
Psalms 39:12 - “Ah, God, listen to my prayer, my cry—open your ears. Don’t be callous; just look at these tears of mine. I’m a stranger here. I don’t know my way— a migrant like my whole family. Give me a break, cut me some slack before it’s too late and I’m out of here.”
Job 14:1 - “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud. Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps? Why even bother hauling me into court? There’s nothing much to us to start with; how do you expect us to amount to anything? Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve already decided how long we’ll live— you set the boundary and no one can cross it. So why not give us a break? Ease up! Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off. For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer! You’ll watch over every step I take, but you won’t keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.

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The Message - Jacob answered Pharaoh, “The years of my sojourning are 130—a short and hard life and not nearly as long as my ancestors were given.” Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and left.
新标点和合本 - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 雅各对法老说：“我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的岁月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 雅各对法老说：“我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的岁月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
当代译本 - 雅各回答说：“我在世上寄居一百三十年了，我的日子又苦又短，不像我祖先当年那样高寿。”
圣经新译本 - 雅各回答法老：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。”
中文标准译本 - 雅各回答法老：“我在世寄居的年日有一百三十年了；我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先在世寄居的年日。”
现代标点和合本 - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁。我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
和合本（拼音版） - 雅各对法老说：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十岁，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。”
New International Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
New International Reader's Version - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my journey through life are 130. My years have been few and hard. They aren’t as many as the years of my father and grandfather before me.”
English Standard Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.”
New Living Translation - Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
Christian Standard Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.”
New American Standard Bible - So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my living abroad are 130; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.”
New King James Version - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
Amplified Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”
American Standard Version - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
King James Version - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
New English Translation - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
World English Bible - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. The days of the years of my life have been few and evil. They have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
新標點和合本 - 雅各對法老說：「我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲，我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 雅各對法老說：「我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的歲月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 雅各對法老說：「我在世寄居的年日是一百三十年，我一生的歲月又短又苦，比不上我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
當代譯本 - 雅各回答說：「我在世上寄居一百三十年了，我的日子又苦又短，不像我祖先當年那樣高壽。」
聖經新譯本 - 雅各回答法老：“我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲。我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先寄居在世的年日。”
呂振中譯本 - 雅各對法老說：『我寄居在世的年日已有一百三十歲：我一生的年日又少又苦，趕不上我祖宗寄居在世的日子一生的年日。』
中文標準譯本 - 雅各回答法老：「我在世寄居的年日有一百三十年了；我一生的年日又少又苦，不及我祖先在世寄居的年日。」
現代標點和合本 - 雅各對法老說：「我寄居在世的年日是一百三十歲。我平生的年日又少又苦，不及我列祖在世寄居的年日。」
文理和合譯本 - 對曰、余旅世年百有三十、我之歲月無幾、且歷艱苦、不及吾祖旅世之年、
文理委辦譯本 - 雅各曰、余旅世年百有三十、較祖旅世之年少、不能相及、且多歷艱苦。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 雅各曰、我旅世之年、一百有三十、較我祖旅世之年為少、且多歷艱苦、或作雅各曰我旅世之年日一百三十歲我年無幾且多歷艱苦不及我祖之年為多
Nueva Versión Internacional - —Ya tengo ciento treinta años —respondió Jacob—. Mis años de andar peregrinando de un lado a otro han sido pocos y difíciles, pero no se comparan con los años de peregrinaje de mis antepasados.
현대인의 성경 - 야곱은 이렇게 대답하였다. “나그네처럼 살아온 세월이 130년이 되었습니다. 내 조상들의 나그네 생활에 비하면 내 나이가 얼마 되지 않지만 정말 고달픈 세월을 보냈습니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Иаков ответил фараону: – Дней моего странствования сто тридцать лет. Малочисленны и горьки были годы моей жизни, и число их не достигло годов странствования моих отцов.
Восточный перевод - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Якуб ответил фараону: – Я прожил на свете сто тридцать лет. Жизнь моя была короткой и трудной, и я не достиг возраста моих отцов.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Jacob répondit : Le nombre de mes années de migrations est de cent trente. Les jours de ma vie ont été peu nombreux et mauvais et je n’atteindrai pas le nombre des années qu’ont duré les migrations de mes ancêtres.
リビングバイブル - 「百三十歳になります。苦労が多く、こんなに老いぼれてしまいました。先祖には、もっともっと長生きした者も大ぜいおりますのに。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Jacó respondeu ao faraó: “São cento e trinta os anos da minha peregrinação. Foram poucos e difíceis e não chegam aos anos da peregrinação dos meus antepassados”.
Hoffnung für alle - »Ich bin nun 130 Jahre alt und habe mein Leben als Fremder verbracht, mal hier und mal dort«, antwortete Jakob. »Auch meine Vorfahren zogen heimatlos umher, doch im Vergleich zu ihnen war mein Leben hart und kurz.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Gia-cốp đáp: “Thưa vua, tôi được 130 tuổi, đời du mục của tôi rất ngắn ngủi và cực nhọc so với đời du mục của tổ tiên tôi.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ยาโคบทูลว่า “ข้าพเจ้าร่อนเร่มา 130 ปีแล้ว ปีเดือนของข้าพระบาทก็สั้นและลำเค็ญ ไม่ยืนยาวเหมือนบรรพบุรุษผู้มีชีวิตเร่ร่อนเช่นกัน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ยาโคบตอบว่า “ข้าพเจ้ามีชีวิต 130 ปีซึ่งก็ได้อพยพเรื่อยมา แต่ไม่กี่ปีเอง และได้ฟันฝ่ามาโดยตลอด แต่ก็ยังไม่ยืนยาวเท่ากับบรรพบุรุษซึ่งได้อพยพเรื่อยมาเช่นกัน”

Genesis 50:26 - Joseph died at the age of 110 years. They embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
Job 8:8 - “Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors. For we’re newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what’s what, instruct you in what they knew from experience? Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they’re cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass. That’s what happens to all who forget God— all their hopes come to nothing. They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they’re like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden, Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn’t miss them one bit. The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.
Joshua 24:29 - After all this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of God, died. He was 110 years old. They buried him in the land of his inheritance at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Genesis 11:24 - When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he lived 119 more years and had other sons and daughters.
2 Corinthians 5:6 - That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.
Hebrews 11:11 - By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said. That’s how it happened that from one man’s dead and shriveled loins there are now people numbering into the millions. * * *
Hebrews 11:13 - Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing. How did they do it? They saw it way off in the distance, waved their greeting, and accepted the fact that they were transients in this world. People who live this way make it plain that they are looking for their true home. If they were homesick for the old country, they could have gone back any time they wanted. But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them.
Psalms 90:3 - So don’t return us to mud, saying, “Back to where you came from!” Patience! You’ve got all the time in the world—whether a thousand years or a day, it’s all the same to you. Are we no more to you than a wispy dream, no more than a blade of grass That springs up gloriously with the rising sun and is cut down without a second thought? Your anger is far and away too much for us; we’re at the end of our rope. You keep track of all our sins; every misdeed since we were children is entered in your books. All we can remember is that frown on your face. Is that all we’re ever going to get? We live for seventy years or so (with luck we might make it to eighty), And what do we have to show for it? Trouble. Toil and trouble and a marker in the graveyard. Who can make sense of such rage, such anger against the very ones who fear you?
Psalms 90:12 - Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well! Come back, God—how long do we have to wait?— and treat your servants with kindness for a change. Surprise us with love at daybreak; then we’ll skip and dance all the day long. Make up for the bad times with some good times; we’ve seen enough evil to last a lifetime. Let your servants see what you’re best at— the ways you rule and bless your children. And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do!
Deuteronomy 34:7 - Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still walked with a spring in his step. The People of Israel wept for Moses in the Plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Job 42:16 - Job lived on another 140 years, living to see his children and grandchildren—four generations of them! Then he died—an old man, a full life.
Genesis 25:7 - Abraham lived 175 years. Then he took his final breath. He died happy at a ripe old age, full of years, and was buried with his family. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre. It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah. After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.
2 Samuel 19:33 - “Join me in Jerusalem,” the king said to Barzillai. “Let me take care of you.”
2 Samuel 19:34 - 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!”
1 Peter 2:11 - Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life in your neighborhood so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.
Psalms 39:12 - “Ah, God, listen to my prayer, my cry—open your ears. Don’t be callous; just look at these tears of mine. I’m a stranger here. I don’t know my way— a migrant like my whole family. Give me a break, cut me some slack before it’s too late and I’m out of here.”
Job 14:1 - “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud. Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps? Why even bother hauling me into court? There’s nothing much to us to start with; how do you expect us to amount to anything? Mortals have a limited life span. You’ve already decided how long we’ll live— you set the boundary and no one can cross it. So why not give us a break? Ease up! Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off. For a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts. Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer! You’ll watch over every step I take, but you won’t keep track of my missteps. My sins will be stuffed in a sack and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.