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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But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.
You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.
You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.
You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.
The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, 'Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.
Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, 'Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,
For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving 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 must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was.
Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.
The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.