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 thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
(Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.)
(Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.)
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were older than he.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were older than he.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old: but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventers of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more 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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Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much older than thy father.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken because they were older than he.
The hoary 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.