Genesis 27:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.

ASV

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

LSV

And he says, “Now behold, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

YLT

And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;

DBY

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

DRC

And his father said to him: Thou seest that I am old, and know not the day of my death.

GNV

Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the day of my death:

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־נָ֖א זָקַ֑נְתִּי לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי י֥וֹם מוֹתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ γεγήρακα, καὶ οὐ γινώσκω τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς τελευτῆς μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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…
• 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,…
• 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.’”

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