9 Bible Verses about Life Expectancy, Today
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We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we're healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.
"How many more years do I have to live," Barzillai replied to the king, "that I should move to Jerusalem with the king? I'm now 80 years old! I can hardly tell the difference between what tastes good or bad! I can't tell what I eat or drink! I can't hear the voice of men and women when they sing! So why should your servant be an added burden to your majesty the king?
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."
Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.
My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun. You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.
Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.
From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,