Genesis 27:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.”
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BSBPD
““Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 27:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 47:29When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 20:3But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Isaiah 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
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