zaw-kane'
from 2204; old:--aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man,
men and...women), senator.
see Hebrew for [02204]
Now Abraham [085] and Sarah [08283] were old [02205] and well stricken [0935] in age [03117]; and it ceased [02308] to be with Sarah [08283] after the manner [0734] of women [0802].
But before they lay down [07901], the men [0582] of the city [05892], even the men [0582] of Sodom [05467], compassed [05437] the house [01004] round [05437], both old [02205] and young [05288], all the people [05971] from every quarter [07097]:
And Abraham [085] said [0559] unto his eldest [02205] servant [05650] of his house [01004], that ruled over [04910] all that he had, Put [07760], I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409]:
Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
And Isaac [03327] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971], being old [02205] and full [07649] of days [03117]: and his sons [01121] Esau [06215] and Jacob [03290] buried [06912] him.
And he asked [07592] them of their welfare [07965], and said [0559], Is your father [01] well [07965], the old man [02205] of whom ye spake [0559]? Is he yet alive [02416]?welfare: Heb. peaceIs your…: Heb. Is there peace to your father?
And we said [0559] unto my lord [0113], We have [03426] a father [01], an old man [02205], and a child [03206] of his old age [02208], a little one [06996]; and his brother [0251] is dead [04191], and he alone is left [03498] of his mother [0517], and his father [01] loveth [0157] him.
And Joseph [03130] went up [05927] to bury [06912] his father [01]: and with him went up [05927] all the servants [05650] of Pharaoh [06547], the elders [02205] of his house [01004], and all the elders [02205] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714],
Go [03212], and gather [0622] the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] together [0622], and say [0559] unto them, The Lord [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01], the God [0430] of Abraham [085], of Isaac [03327], and of Jacob [03290], appeared [07200] unto me, saying [0559], I have surely [06485] visited [06485] you, and seen that which is done [06213] to you in Egypt [04714]:
And they shall hearken [08085] to thy voice [06963]: and thou shalt come [0935], thou and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], unto the king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and ye shall say [0559] unto him, The Lord [03068] God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680] hath met [07136] with us: and now let us go [03212], we beseech thee, three [07969] days' [03117] journey [01870] into the wilderness [04057], that we may sacrifice [02076] to the Lord [03068] our God [0430].
And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] went [03212] and gathered together [0622] all the elders [02205] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
And Moses [04872] said [0559], We will go [03212] with our young [05288] and with our old [02205], with our sons [01121] and with our daughters [01323], with our flocks [06629] and with our herds [01241] will we go [03212]; for we must hold a feast [02282] unto the Lord [03068].
Then Moses [04872] called [07121] for all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto them, Draw out [04900] and take [03947] you a lamb [06629] according to your families [04940], and kill [07819] the passover [06453].lamb: or, kid
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Go on [05674] before [06440] the people [05971], and take [03947] with thee of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]; and thy rod [04294], wherewith thou smotest [05221] the river [02975], take [03947] in thine hand [03027], and go [01980].
Behold, I will stand [05975] before [06440] thee there upon the rock [06697] in Horeb [02722]; and thou shalt smite [05221] the rock [06697], and there shall come [03318] water [04325] out of it, that the people [05971] may drink [08354]. And Moses [04872] did [06213] so in the sight [05869] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].
And Jethro [03503], Moses' [04872] father in law [02859], took [03947] a burnt offering [05930] and sacrifices [02077] for God [0430]: and Aaron [0175] came [0935], and all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], to eat [0398] bread [03899] with Moses' [04872] father in law [02859] before [06440] God [0430].
And Moses [04872] came [0935] and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of the people [05971], and laid [07760] before their faces [06440] all these words [01697] which the Lord [03068] commanded [06680] him.
And he said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Come up [05927] unto the Lord [03068], thou, and Aaron [0175], Nadab [05070], and Abihu [030], and seventy [07657] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]; and worship [07812] ye afar off [07350].
Then went up [05927] Moses [04872], and Aaron [0175], Nadab [05070], and Abihu [030], and seventy [07657] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]:
And he said [0559] unto the elders [02205], Tarry [03427] ye here [02088] for us, until we come again [07725] unto you: and, behold, Aaron [0175] and Hur [02354] are with you: if any [04310] man [01167] have any matters [01697] to do [01167], let him come [05066] unto them.
And the elders [02205] of the congregation [05712] shall lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the bullock [06499] before [06440] the Lord [03068]: and the bullock [06499] shall be killed [07819] before [06440] the Lord [03068].
And it came to pass on the eighth [08066] day [03117], that Moses [04872] called [07121] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478];
Thou shalt rise up [06965] before [06440] the hoary head [07872], and honour [01921] the face [06440] of the old man [02205], and fear [03372] thy God [0430]: I am the Lord [03068].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Gather [0622] unto me seventy [07657] men [0376] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], whom thou knowest [03045] to be the elders [02205] of the people [05971], and officers [07860] over them; and bring [03947] them unto the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], that they may stand [03320] there with thee.
And Moses [04872] went out [03318], and told [01696] the people [05971] the words [01697] of the Lord [03068], and gathered [0622] the seventy [07657] men [0376] of the elders [02205] of the people [05971], and set [05975] them round about [05439] the tabernacle [0168].
And the Lord [03068] came down [03381] in a cloud [06051], and spake [01696] unto him, and took [0680] of the spirit [07307] that was upon him, and gave [05414] it unto the seventy [07657] elders [0376] [02205]: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit [07307] rested [05117] upon them, they prophesied [05012], and did not cease [03254].
And Moses [04872] gat [0622] him into the camp [04264], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].
And Moses [04872] rose up [06965] and went [03212] unto Dathan [01885] and Abiram [048]; and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] followed [03212] him [0310].
And Moab [04124] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Midian [04080], Now shall this company [06951] lick up [03897] all that are round about [05439] us, as the ox [07794] licketh up [03897] the grass [03418] of the field [07704]. And Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834] was king [04428] of the Moabites [04124] at that time [06256].
And the elders [02205] of Moab [04124] and the elders [02205] of Midian [04080] departed [03212] with the rewards of divination [07081] in their hand [03027]; and they came [0935] unto Balaam [01109], and spake [01696] unto him the words [01697] of Balak [01111].
And it came to pass, when ye heard [08085] the voice [06963] out of the midst [08432] of the darkness [02822], (for the mountain [02022] did burn [01197] with fire [0784],) that ye came near [07126] unto me, even all the heads [07218] of your tribes [07626], and your elders [02205];
Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall send [07971] and fetch [03947] him thence, and deliver [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the avenger [01350] of blood [01818], that he may die [04191].
Then thy elders [02205] and thy judges [08199] shall come forth [03318], and they shall measure [04058] unto the cities [05892] which are round about [05439] him that is slain [02491]:
And it shall be, that the city [05892] which is next [07138] unto the slain man [02491], even the elders [02205] of that city [05892] shall take [03947] an heifer [05697] [01241], which hath not been wrought with [05647], and which hath not drawn [04900] in the yoke [05923];
And the elders [02205] of that city [05892] shall bring down [03381] the heifer [05697] unto a rough [0386] valley [05158], which is neither eared [05647] nor sown [02232], and shall strike off [06202] the heifer's [05697] neck [06202] there in the valley [05158]:
And all the elders [02205] of that city [05892], that are next [07138] unto the slain [02491] man, shall wash [07364] their hands [03027] over the heifer [05697] that is beheaded [06202] in the valley [05158]:
Then shall his father [01] and his mother [0517] lay hold [08610] on him, and bring him out [03318] unto the elders [02205] of his city [05892], and unto the gate [08179] of his place [04725];
And they shall say [0559] unto the elders [02205] of his city [05892], This our son [01121] is stubborn [05637] and rebellious [04784], he will not obey [08085] our voice [06963]; he is a glutton [02151], and a drunkard [05433].
Then shall the father [01] of the damsel [05291], and her mother [0517], take [03947] and bring forth [03318] the tokens of the damsel's [05291] virginity [01331] unto the elders [02205] of the city [05892] in the gate [08179]:
And the damsel's [05291] father [01] shall say [0559] unto the elders [02205], I gave [05414] my daughter [01323] unto this man [0376] to wife [0802], and he hateth [08130] her;
And, lo, he hath given [07760] occasions [05949] of speech [01697] against her, saying [0559], I found [04672] not thy daughter [01323] a maid [01331]; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's [01323] virginity [01331]. And they shall spread [06566] the cloth [08071] before [06440] the elders [02205] of the city [05892].
And the elders [02205] of that city [05892] shall take [03947] that man [0376] and chastise [03256] him;
And if the man [0376] like [02654] not to take [03947] his brother's wife [02994], then let his brother's wife [02994] go up [05927] to the gate [08179] unto the elders [02205], and say [0559], My husband's brother [02993] refuseth [03985] to raise up [06965] unto his brother [0251] a name [08034] in Israel [03478], he will [014] not perform the duty of my husband's brother [02992].brother's: or, next kinsman's
Then the elders [02205] of his city [05892] shall call [07121] him, and speak [01696] unto him: and if he stand [05975] to it, and say [0559], I like [02654] not to take [03947] her;
Then shall his brother's wife [02994] come [05066] unto him in the presence [05869] of the elders [02205], and loose [02502] his shoe [05275] from off his foot [07272], and spit [03417] in his face [06440], and shall answer [06030] and say [0559], So shall it be done [06213] unto that man [0376] that will not build up [01129] his brother's [0251] house [01004].
And Moses [04872] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680] the people [05971], saying [0559], Keep [08104] all the commandments [04687] which I command [06680] you this day [03117].
A nation [01471] of fierce [05794] countenance [06440], which shall not regard [05375] the person [06440] of the old [02205], nor shew favour [02603] to the young [05288]:of fierce…: Heb. strong of face
Ye stand [05324] this day [03117] all of you before [06440] the Lord [03068] your God [0430]; your captains [07218] of your tribes [07626], your elders [02205], and your officers [07860], with all the men [0376] of Israel [03478],
And Moses [04872] wrote [03789] this law [08451], and delivered [05414] it unto the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], and unto all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].
Gather [06950] unto me all the elders [02205] of your tribes [07626], and your officers [07860], that I may speak [01696] these words [01697] in their ears [0241], and call [05749] heaven [08064] and earth [0776] to record [05749] against them.
Remember [02142] the days [03117] of old [05769], consider [0995] the years [08141] of many [01755] generations [01755]: ask [07592] thy father [01], and he will shew [05046] thee; thy elders [02205], and they will tell [0559] thee.many…: Heb. generation and generation
And they utterly destroyed [02763] all that was in the city [05892], both man [0376] and woman [0802], young [05288] and old [02205], and ox [07794], and sheep [07716], and ass [02543], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
And Joshua [03091] rent [07167] his clothes [08071], and fell [05307] to the earth [0776] upon his face [06440] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the Lord [03068] until the eventide [06153], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and put [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218].
And Joshua [03091] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and numbered [06485] the people [05971], and went up [05927], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], before [06440] the people [05971] to Ai [05857].
And all Israel [03478], and their elders [02205], and officers [07860], and their judges [08199], stood [05975] on this side the ark [0727] and on that side before the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], as well the stranger [01616], as he that was born [0249] among them; half [02677] of them over [0413] against [04136] mount [02022] Gerizim [01630], and half [02677] of them over against [04136] mount [02022] Ebal [05858]; as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068] had commanded [06680] before [07223], that they should bless [01288] the people [05971] of Israel [03478].
Wherefore our elders [02205] and all the inhabitants [03427] of our country [0776] spake [0559] to us, saying [0559], Take [03947] victuals [06720] with you [03027] for the journey [01870], and go [03212] to meet [07125] them, and say [0559] unto them, We are your servants [05650]: therefore now make [03772] ye a league [01285] with us.with you: Heb. in your hand
And when he that doth flee [05127] unto one [0259] of those cities [05892] shall stand [05975] at the entering [06607] of the gate [08179] of the city [05892], and shall declare [01696] his cause [01697] in the ears [0241] of the elders [02205] of that city [05892], they shall take [0622] him into the city [05892] unto them, and give [05414] him a place [04725], that he may dwell [03427] among them.
And Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all Israel [03478], and for their elders [02205], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860], and said [0559] unto them, I am old [02204] and stricken [0935] in age [03117]:
And Joshua [03091] gathered [0622] all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to Shechem [07927], and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and for their heads [07218], and for their judges [08199], and for their officers [07860]; and they presented [03320] themselves before [06440] God [0430].
And Israel [03478] served [05647] the Lord [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that overlived [0310] [03117] [0748] Joshua [03091], and which had known [03045] all the works [04639] of the Lord [03068], that he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].overlived…: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua
And the people [05971] served [05647] the Lord [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that outlived [0310] [03117] [0748] Joshua [03091], who had seen [07200] all the great [01419] works [04639] of the Lord [03068], that he did [06213] for Israel [03478].outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
And caught [03920] a young man [05288] of the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], and enquired [07592] of him: and he described [03789] unto him the princes [08269] of Succoth [05523], and the elders [02205] thereof, even threescore and seventeen [07651] [07657] men [0376].described: Heb. writ
And he took [03947] the elders [02205] of the city [05892], and thorns [06975] of the wilderness [04057] and briers [01303], and with them he taught [03045] the men [0582] of Succoth [05523].taught: Heb. made to know
And it was so, that when the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] made war [03898] against Israel [03478], the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] went [03212] to fetch [03947] Jephthah [03316] out of the land [0776] of Tob [02897]:
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], Did not ye hate [08130] me, and expel [01644] me out of my father's [01] house [01004]? and why are ye come [0935] unto me now when ye are in distress [06887]?
And the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], Therefore we turn again [07725] to thee now, that thou mayest go [01980] with us, and fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and be our head [07218] over all the inhabitants [03427] of Gilead [01568].
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], If ye bring me home again [07725] to fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the Lord [03068] deliver [05414] them before [06440] me, shall I be your head [07218]?
And the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], The Lord [03068] be witness [08085] between us, if we do [06213] not so according to thy words [01697].witness…: Heb. the hearer between us
Then Jephthah [03316] went [03212] with the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], and the people [05971] made [07760] him head [07218] and captain [07101] over them: and Jephthah [03316] uttered [01696] all his words [01697] before [06440] the Lord [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].
And, behold, there came [0935] an old [02205] man [0376] from his work [04639] out of the field [07704] at even [06153], which was also [0376] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]; and he sojourned [01481] in Gibeah [01390]: but the men [0582] of the place [04725] were Benjamites [01145].
And when he had lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], he saw [07200] a wayfaring [0732] man [0376] in the street [07339] of the city [05892]: and the old [02205] man [0376] said [0559], Whither goest [03212] thou? and whence [0370] comest [0935] thou?
And the old [02205] man [0376] said [0559], Peace [07965] be with thee; howsoever [07535] let all thy wants [04270] lie upon me; only lodge [03885] not in the street [07339].
Now as they were making their hearts [03820] merry [03190], behold, the men [0582] of the city [05892], certain [0582] sons [01121] of Belial [01100], beset [05437] the house [01004] round about [05437], and beat [01849] at the door [01817], and spake [0559] to the master [01167] of the house [01004], the old [02205] man [0376], saying [0559], Bring forth [03318] the man [0376] that came [0935] into thine house [01004], that we may know [03045] him.
Then the elders [02205] of the congregation [05712] said [0559], How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing the women [0802] are destroyed [08045] out of Benjamin [01144]?
And he took [03947] ten [06235] men [0582] of the elders [02205] of the city [05892], and said [0559], Sit ye down [03427] here. And they sat down [03427].
And I thought [0559] to advertise [0241] [01540] thee, saying [0559], Buy [07069] it before the inhabitants [03427], and before the elders [02205] of my people [05971]. If thou wilt redeem [01350] it, redeem [01350] it: but if thou wilt not redeem [01350] it, then tell [05046] me, that I may know [03045]: for there is none to redeem [01350] it beside [02108] thee; and I am after [0310] thee. And he said [0559], I will redeem [01350] it.I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear
And Boaz [01162] said [0559] unto the elders [02205], and unto all the people [05971], Ye are witnesses [05707] this day [03117], that I have bought [07069] all that was Elimelech's [0458], and all that was Chilion's [03630] and Mahlon's [04248], of the hand [03027] of Naomi [05281].
And all the people [05971] that were in the gate [08179], and the elders [02205], said [0559], We are witnesses [05707]. The Lord [03068] make [05414] the woman [0802] that is come [0935] into thine house [01004] like Rachel [07354] and like Leah [03812], which two [08147] did build [01129] the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: and do [06213] thou worthily [02428] in Ephratah [0672], and be famous [08034] [07121] in Beth–lehem [01035]:do thou…: or, get thee riches, or, powerbe famous: Heb. proclaim thy name
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], that I will cut off [01438] thine arm [02220], and the arm [02220] of thy father's [01] house [01004], that there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004].
And thou shalt see [05027] an enemy [06862] in my habitation [04583], in all the wealth which God shall give [03190] Israel [03478]: and there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004] for ever [03117].an enemy…: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel
And when the people [05971] were come [0935] into the camp [04264], the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Wherefore hath the Lord [03068] smitten [05062] us to day [03117] before [06440] the Philistines [06430]? Let us fetch [03947] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] out of Shiloh [07887] unto us, that, when it cometh [0935] among [07130] us, it may save [03467] us out of the hand [03709] of our enemies [0341].fetch: Heb. take unto us
Then all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] gathered themselves together [06908], and came [0935] to Samuel [08050] unto Ramah [07414],
And the elders [02205] of Jabesh [03003] said [0559] unto him, Give us seven [07651] days' [03117] respite [07503], that we may send [07971] messengers [04397] unto all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478]: and then, if there be no man to save [03467] us, we will come out [03318] to thee.Give…: Heb. Forbear us
Then he said [0559], I have sinned [02398]: yet honour [03513] me now, I pray thee, before the elders [02205] of my people [05971], and before Israel [03478], and turn again [07725] with me, that I may worship [07812] the Lord [03068] thy God [0430].
And Samuel [08050] did [06213] that which the Lord [03068] spake [01696], and came [0935] to Beth–lehem [01035]. And the elders [02205] of the town [05892] trembled [02729] at his coming [07125], and said [0559], Comest [0935] thou peaceably [07965]?coming: Heb. meeting
And he said [0559] unto her, What form [08389] is he of? And she said [0559], An old [02205] man [0376] cometh up [05927]; and he is covered [05844] with a mantle [04598]. And Saul [07586] perceived [03045] that it was Samuel [08050], and he stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the ground [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.What…: Heb. What is his form?
And when David [01732] came [0935] to Ziklag [06860], he sent [07971] of the spoil [07998] unto the elders [02205] of Judah [03063], even to his friends [07453], saying [0559], Behold a present [01293] for you of the spoil [07998] of the enemies [0341] of the Lord [03068];present: Heb. blessing
And Abner [074] had communication [01697] [01961] with the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Ye sought [01245] for David [01732] in times [08543] past [08032] to be king [04428] over you:in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
So all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and king [04428] David [01732] made [03772] a league [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the Lord [03068]: and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478].
And the elders [02205] of his house [01004] arose [06965], and went to him, to raise him up [06965] from the earth [0776]: but he would [014] not, neither did he eat [01262] bread [03899] with them.
And the saying [01697] pleased [03474] Absalom [053] well [05869], and all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc
Then said [0559] Hushai [02365] unto Zadok [06659] and to Abiathar [054] the priests [03548], Thus and thus did Ahithophel [0302] counsel [03289] Absalom [053] and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]; and thus and thus have I counselled [03289].
And king [04428] David [01732] sent [07971] to Zadok [06659] and to Abiathar [054] the priests [03548], saying [0559], Speak [01696] unto the elders [02205] of Judah [03063], saying [0559], Why are ye the last [0314] to bring [07725] the king [04428] back [07725] to his house [01004]? seeing the speech [01697] of all Israel [03478] is come [0935] to the king [04428], even to his house [01004].
Then Solomon [08010] assembled [06950] the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and all the heads [07218] of the tribes [04294], the chief [05387] of the fathers [01] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto king [04428] Solomon [08010] in Jerusalem [03389], that they might bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] out of the city [05892] of David [01732], which is Zion [06726].chief: Heb. princes
And all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935], and the priests [03548] took up [05375] the ark [0727].
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] consulted [03289] with the old men [02205], that stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], and said [0559], How do ye advise [03289] that I may [07725] answer [01697] this people [05971]?
But he forsook [05800] the counsel [06098] of the old men [02205], which they had given [03289] him, and consulted [03289] with the young men [03206] that were grown up [01431] with him, and which stood [05975] before [06440] him:
And the king [04428] answered [06030] the people [05971] roughly [07186], and forsook [05800] the old men's [02205] counsel [06098] that they gave [03289] him;roughly: Heb. hardly
Now there dwelt [03427] an [0259] old [02205] prophet [05030] in Beth–el [01008]; and his sons [01121] came [0935] and told [05608] him all the works [04639] that the man [0376] of God [0430] had done [06213] that day [03117] in Beth–el [01008]: the words [01697] which he had spoken [01696] unto the king [04428], them they told [05608] also to their father [01].
And, behold, men [0582] passed by [05674], and saw [07200] the carcase [05038] cast [07993] in the way [01870], and the lion [0738] standing [05975] by [0681] the carcase [05038]: and they came [0935] and told [01696] it in the city [05892] where the old [02205] prophet [05030] dwelt [03427].
And the prophet [05030] took up [05375] the carcase [05038] of the man [0376] of God [0430], and laid [03240] it upon the ass [02543], and brought it back [07725]: and the old [02205] prophet [05030] came [0935] to the city [05892], to mourn [05594] and to bury [06912] him.
Then the king [04428] of Israel [03478] called [07121] all the elders [02205] of the land [0776], and said [0559], Mark [03045], I pray you, and see [07200] how this man seeketh [01245] mischief [07451]: for he sent [07971] unto me for my wives [0802], and for my children [01121], and for my silver [03701], and for my gold [02091]; and I denied [04513] him not.I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him
And all the elders [02205] and all the people [05971] said [0559] unto him, Hearken [08085] not unto him, nor consent [014].
So she wrote [03789] letters [05612] in Ahab's [0256] name [08034], and sealed [02856] them with his seal [02368], and sent [07971] the letters [05612] unto the elders [02205] and to the nobles [02715] that were in his city [05892], dwelling [03427] with Naboth [05022].
And the men [0582] of his city [05892], even the elders [02205] and the nobles [02715] who were the inhabitants [03427] in his city [05892], did [06213] as Jezebel [0348] had sent [07971] unto them, and as it was written [03789] in the letters [05612] which she had sent [07971] unto them.
But Elisha [0477] sat [03427] in his house [01004], and the elders [02205] sat [03427] with him; and the king sent [07971] a man [0376] from before [06440] him: but ere the messenger [04397] came [0935] to him, he said [0559] to the elders [02205], See [07200] ye how this son [01121] of a murderer [07523] hath sent [07971] to take away [05493] mine head [07218]? look [07200], when the messenger [04397] cometh [0935], shut [05462] the door [01817], and hold him fast [03905] at the door [01817]: is not the sound [06963] of his master's [0113] feet [07272] behind [0310] him?
And Ahab [0256] had seventy [07657] sons [01121] in Samaria [08111]. And Jehu [03058] wrote [03789] letters [05612], and sent [07971] to Samaria [08111], unto the rulers [08269] of Jezreel [03157], to the elders [02205], and to them that brought up [0539] Ahab's [0256] children, saying [0559],them…: Heb. nourishers
And he that was over the house [01004], and he that was over the city [05892], the elders [02205] also, and the bringers up [0539] of the children, sent [07971] to Jehu [03058], saying [0559], We are thy servants [05650], and will do [06213] all that thou shalt bid [0559] us; we will not make any [0376] king [04427]: do [06213] thou that which is good [02896] in thine eyes [05869].
And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548], covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], to Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
And the king [04428] sent [07971], and they gathered [0622] unto him all the elders [02205] of Judah [03063] and of Jerusalem [03389].
Therefore came [0935] all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] to the king [04428] to Hebron [02275]; and David [01732] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with them in Hebron [02275] before [06440] the Lord [03068]; and they anointed [04886] David [01732] king [04428] over Israel [03478], according to the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] by [03027] Samuel [08050].by: Heb. by the hand of
So David [01732], and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and the captains [08269] over thousands [0505], went [01980] to bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] out of the house [01004] of Obed–edom [05654] with joy [08057].
And David [01732] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and saw [07200] the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] stand [05975] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], having a drawn [08025] sword [02719] in his hand [03027] stretched out [05186] over Jerusalem [03389]. Then David [01732] and the elders [02205] of Israel, who were clothed [03680] in sackcloth [08242], fell [05307] upon their faces [06440].
Then Solomon [08010] assembled [06950] the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and all the heads [07218] of the tribes [04294], the chief [05387] of the fathers [01] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto Jerusalem [03389], to bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068] out of the city [05892] of David [01732], which is Zion [06726].
And all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935]; and the Levites [03881] took up [05375] the ark [0727].
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] took counsel [03289] with the old [02205] men that had stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], saying [0559], What [0349] counsel give [03289] ye me to return [07725] answer [01697] to this people [05971]?
But he forsook [05800] the counsel [06098] which the old men [02205] gave [03289] him, and took counsel [03289] with the young men [03206] that were brought up [01431] with him, that stood [05975] before [06440] him.
And the king [04428] answered [06030] them roughly [07186]; and king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] forsook [05800] the counsel [06098] of the old men [02205],
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] and gathered together [0622] all the elders [02205] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389].
Therefore he brought [05927] upon them the king [04428] of the Chaldees [03778], who slew [02026] their young men [0970] with the sword [02719] in the house [01004] of their sanctuary [04720], and had no compassion [02550] upon young man [0970] or maiden [01330], old man [02205], or him that stooped for age [03486]: he gave [05414] them all into his hand [03027].
But many [07227] of the priests [03548] and Levites [03881] and chief [07218] of the fathers [01], who were ancient men [02205], that had seen [07200] the first [07223] house [01004], when the foundation [03245] of this house [01004] was laid [03245] before their eyes [05869], wept [01058] with a loud [01419] voice [06963]; and many [07227] shouted [08643] aloud [07311] for joy [08057]:
And that whosoever would not come [0935] within three [07969] days [03117], according to the counsel [06098] of the princes [08269] and the elders [02205], all his substance [07399] should be forfeited [02763], and himself separated [0914] from the congregation [06951] of those that had been carried away [01473].forfeited: Heb. devoted
Let now our rulers [08269] of all the congregation [06951] stand [05975], and let all them which have taken [03427] strange [05237] wives [0802] in our cities [05892] come [0935] at appointed [02163] times [06256], and with them the elders [02205] of every city [05892], and the judges [08199] thereof, until the fierce [02740] wrath [0639] of our God [0430] for this matter [01697] be turned [07725] from us.for this…: or, till this matter be dispatched
And the letters [05612] were sent [07971] by [03027] posts [07323] into all the king's [04428] provinces [04082], to destroy [08045], to kill [02026], and to cause to perish [06], all Jews [03064], both young [05288] and old [02205], little children [02945] and women [0802], in one [0259] day [03117], even upon the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day of the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], which is the month [02320] Adar [0143], and to take the spoil [07998] of them for a prey [0962].
He removeth away [05493] the speech [08193] of the trusty [0539], and taketh away [03947] the understanding [02940] of the aged [02205].speech…: Heb. lip of the faithful
Now Elihu [0453] had waited [02442] till Job [0347] had spoken [01697], because they were elder [03117] [02205] than he.waited…: Heb. expected Job in wordselder: Heb. elder for days
Great men [07227] are not always wise [02449]: neither do the aged [02205] understand [0995] judgment [04941].
So Job [0347] died [04191], being old [02205] and full [07649] of days [03117].
To bind [0631] his princes [08269] at his pleasure [05315]; and teach his senators [02205] wisdom [02449].
Let them exalt [07311] him also in the congregation [06951] of the people [05971], and praise [01984] him in the assembly [04186] of the elders [02205].
I understand [0995] more than the ancients [02205], because I keep [05341] thy precepts [06490].
Both young men [0970], and maidens [01330]; old men [02205], and children [05288]:
Children's [01121] children [01121] are the crown [05850] of old men [02205]; and the glory [08597] of children [01121] are their fathers [01].
The glory [08597] of young men [0970] is their strength [03581]: and the beauty [01926] of old men [02205] is the gray head [07872].
Her husband [01167] is known [03045] in the gates [08179], when he sitteth [03427] among the elders [02205] of the land [0776].
Better [02896] is a poor [04542] and a wise [02450] child [03206] than an old [02205] and foolish [03684] king [04428], who will [03045] no more be admonished [02094].who…: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished
The mighty man [01368], and the man [0376] of war [04421], the judge [08199], and the prophet [05030], and the prudent [07080], and the ancient [02205],
And the people [05971] shall be oppressed [05065], every one [0376] by another [0376], and every one [0376] by his neighbour [07453]: the child [05288] shall behave himself proudly [07292] against the ancient [02205], and the base [07034] against the honourable [03513].
The Lord [03068] will enter [0935] into judgment [04941] with the ancients [02205] of his people [05971], and the princes [08269] thereof: for ye have eaten up [01197] the vineyard [03754]; the spoil [01500] of the poor [06041] is in your houses [01004].eaten: or, burnt
The ancient [02205] and honourable [05375] [06440], he [01931] is the head [07218]; and the prophet [05030] that teacheth [03384] lies [08267], he is the tail [02180].
So shall the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] lead away [05090] the Egyptians [04714] prisoners [07628], and the Ethiopians [03568] captives [01546], young [05288] and old [02205], naked [06174] and barefoot [03182], even with their buttocks [08357] uncovered [02834], to the shame [06172] of Egypt [04714].the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egyptshame: Heb. nakedness
Then the moon [03842] shall be confounded [02659], and the sun [02535] ashamed [0954], when the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635] shall reign [04427] in mount [02022] Zion [06726], and in Jerusalem [03389], and before his ancients [02205] gloriously [03519].before…: or, there shall be glory before his ancients
And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], who was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548] covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], unto Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
I was wroth [07107] with my people [05971], I have polluted [02490] mine inheritance [05159], and given [05414] them into thine hand [03027]: thou didst shew [07760] them no mercy [07356]; upon the ancient [02205] hast thou very [03966] heavily [03513] laid thy yoke [05923].
There shall be no more thence an infant [05764] of days [03117], nor an old man [02205] that hath not filled [04390] his days [03117]: for the child [05288] shall die [04191] an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121]; but the sinner [02398] being an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121] shall be accursed [07043].
Therefore I am full [04392] of the fury [02534] of the Lord [03068]; I am weary [03811] with holding in [03557]: I will pour it out [08210] upon the children [05768] abroad [02351], and upon the assembly [05475] of young men [0970] together [03162]: for even the husband [0376] with the wife [0802] shall be taken [03920], the aged [02205] with him that is full [04390] of days [03117].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
Then rose up [06965] certain [0582] of the elders [02205] of the land [0776], and spake [0559] to all the assembly [06951] of the people [05971], saying [0559],
Now these are the words [01697] of the letter [05612] that Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] sent [07971] from Jerusalem [03389] unto the residue [03499] of the elders [02205] which were carried away captives [01473], and to the priests [03548], and to the prophets [05030], and to all the people [05971] whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] had carried away captive [01540] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894];
Then shall the virgin [01330] rejoice [08055] in the dance [04234], both young men [0970] and old [02205] together [03162]: for I will turn [02015] their mourning [060] into joy [08342], and will comfort [05162] them, and make them rejoice [08055] from their sorrow [03015].
With thee also will I break in pieces [05310] man [0376] and woman [0802]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] old [02205] and young [05288]; and with thee will I break in pieces [05310] the young man [0970] and the maid [01330];
I called [07121] for my lovers [0157], but they deceived [07411] me: my priests [03548] and mine elders [02205] gave up the ghost [01478] in the city [05892], while they sought [01245] their meat [0400] to relieve [07725] their souls [05315].
The elders [02205] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] sit [03427] upon the ground [0776], and keep silence [01826]: they have cast up [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218]; they have girded [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242]: the virgins [01330] of Jerusalem [03389] hang down [03381] their heads [07218] to the ground [0776].
The young [05288] and the old [02205] lie [07901] on the ground [0776] in the streets [02351]: my virgins [01330] and my young men [0970] are fallen [05307] by the sword [02719]; thou hast slain [02026] them in the day [03117] of thine anger [0639]; thou hast killed [02873], and not pitied [02550].
The anger [06440] of the Lord [03068] hath divided [02505] them; he will no more [03254] regard [05027] them: they respected [05375] not the persons [06440] of the priests [03548], they favoured [02603] not the elders [02205].anger: or, face
Princes [08269] are hanged up [08518] by their hand [03027]: the faces [06440] of elders [02205] were not honoured [01921].
The elders [02205] have ceased [07673] from the gate [08179], the young men [0970] from their musick [05058].
Mischief [01943] shall come [0935] upon mischief [01943], and rumour [08052] shall be upon rumour [08052]; then shall they seek [01245] a vision [02377] of the prophet [05030]; but the law [08451] shall perish [06] from the priest [03548], and counsel [06098] from the ancients [02205].
And it came to pass in the sixth [08345] year [08141], in the sixth [08345] month, in the fifth [02568] day of the month [02320], as I sat [03427] in mine house [01004], and the elders [02205] of Judah [03063] sat [03427] before [06440] me, that the hand [03027] of the Lord [0136] God [03069] fell [05307] there upon me.
And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], hast thou seen [07200] what the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] do [06213] in the dark [02822], every man [0376] in the chambers [02315] of his imagery [04906]? for they say [0559], The Lord [03068] seeth [07200] us not; the Lord [03068] hath forsaken [05800] the earth [0776].
Slay [02026] utterly [04889] old [02205] and young [0970], both maids [01330], and little children [02945], and women [0802]: but come not near [05066] any man [0376] upon whom is the mark [08420]; and begin [02490] at my sanctuary [04720]. Then they began [02490] at the ancient [02205] men [0582] which were before [06440] the house [01004].utterly: Heb. to destruction
Then came [0935] certain [0582] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] unto me, and sat [03427] before [06440] me.
And it came to pass in the seventh [07637] year [08141], in the fifth [02549] month, the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], that certain [0582] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935] to enquire [01875] of the Lord [03068], and sat [03427] before [06440] me.
Son [01121] of man [0120], speak [01696] unto the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Are ye come [0935] to enquire [01875] of me? As I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] God [03069], I will not be enquired [01875] of by you.
The ancients [02205] of Gebal [01380] and the wise [02450] men thereof were in thee thy calkers [02388] [0919]: all the ships [0591] of the sea [03220] with their mariners [04419] were in thee to occupy [06148] thy merchandise [04627].calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc
Hear [08085] this, ye old men [02205], and give ear [0238], all ye inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776]. Hath this been in your days [03117], or even [0518] in the days [03117] of your fathers [01]?
Sanctify [06942] ye a fast [06685], call [07121] a solemn assembly [06116], gather [0622] the elders [02205] and all the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] into the house [01004] of the Lord [03068] your God [0430], and cry [02199] unto the Lord [03068],solemn…: or, day of restraint
Gather [0622] the people [05971], sanctify [06942] the congregation [06951], assemble [06908] the elders [02205], gather [0622] the children [05768], and those that suck [03243] the breasts [07699]: let the bridegroom [02860] go forth [03318] of his chamber [02315], and the bride [03618] out of her closet [02646].
And it shall come to pass afterward [0310], that I will pour out [08210] my spirit [07307] upon all flesh [01320]; and your sons [01121] and your daughters [01323] shall prophesy [05012], your old men [02205] shall dream [02492] dreams [02472], your young men [0970] shall see [07200] visions [02384]:
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; There shall yet old men [02205] and old women [02205] dwell [03427] in the streets [07339] of Jerusalem [03389], and every man [0376] with his staff [04938] in his hand [03027] for very [07230] age [03117].very…: Heb. multitude of days