2 Samuel 19:35

can... ?... can... ? Figure of speech Anaphora.App-6.

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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My senses are grown dull, and uncapable of relishing the delights of the court. I am past taking pleasure in delicious tastes, or sweet music, and ot...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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³⁵ I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 19:35

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 19:35