Reference: Age, Old
Fausets
The reward of filial obedience, according to the fifth commandment; remarkably illustrated in the great permanence of the Chinese empire; wherein regard for parents and ancestors is so great that it has degenerated into superstition. Patriarchal times and patriarchal governments have most maintained respect for the old. The Egyptians followed the primeval law, which Moses embodies in Le 19:32; "Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God." Their experience made them to be regarded as depositories of knowledge (Job 15:10); they gave their opinion first (Job 32:4). A full age was the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Ge 15:15); premature death was a temporal judgment for sin (1Sa 2:32); (spiritually, and as a taking out from the evil to come, it was sometimes a blessing; as in the case of Abijah, Jeroboam's son, 1 Kings 14; Isa 57:1).
In the millennium, when there shall be a worldwide theocracy, with Israel for its center, the temporal sanction of exceeding long life (as in patriarchal times) shall be the reward for piety, and shortened years the penalty of any exceptional sin (Isa 65:20; Zec 8:4). The rulers under Moses required age as a qualification; hence they and those of the New Testament church are called elders (presbyters), until the word became a term of office, and not necessarily of age. Disobedience to parents and disrespect to seniors and "dignities" (Jg 1:8; 2Pe 2:10) are foretold characteristics of the last apostate age (2Ti 3:2-4; Ro 1:30).
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And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
And the sons of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and had struck it with the edge of the sword, and had set the city on fire.
And the sons of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and had struck it with the edge of the sword, and had set the city on fire.
And you shall see an adversary in My house, in all the good which he does with Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
And you shall see an adversary in My house, in all the good which he does with Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.
With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.
And Elihu had waited beside Job with words, because they were older than he in days.
And Elihu had waited beside Job with words, because they were older than he in days.
The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.
The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.
There will not be an infant, nor an old man that has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old; but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be despised.
There will not be an infant, nor an old man that has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old; but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be despised.
So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and each man with his staff in his hand because of their many days.
So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and old women living in the streets of Jerusalem, and each man with his staff in his hand because of their many days.
backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, braggarts, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good,
without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good, traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Smith
Age, Old.
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life they were looked up to as the depositaries of knowledge,
the young were ordered to rise up in their presence,
they allowed them to give their opinion first,
they were taught to regard gray hair as a "crown of glory,"
The attainment of old age was regarded as a special blessing.
In pubic main qualification of those who acted as the representatives of the people in all matter of difficulty and deliberation. [ELDERS]
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You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.
And Elihu had waited beside Job with words, because they were older than he in days.
The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.