In Context

31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.

32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

33 The king said to Barzillai, |Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.|

34 Barzillai said to the king, |How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

36 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?

2 Samuel 19:34 in Other Translations