Genesis 27:2

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

And he said {H559}, Behold now, I am old {H2204}, I know {H3045} not the day {H3117} of my death {H4194}:

"Look, I'm old now, I don't know when I will die.

“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 27:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Mark 13:35 (4 votes)

    Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

  • James 4:14 (4 votes)

    Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10 (4 votes)

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Isaiah 38:3 (3 votes)

    And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

  • Isaiah 38:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

  • 1 Samuel 20:3 (3 votes)

    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a step between me and death.