2 Samuel 19:36
36 Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way?
Other Translations of 2 Samuel 19:36
King James Version
36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
English Standard Version
36 Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
The Message
36 I'll just go a little way across the Jordan with the king. But why would the king need to make a great thing of that?
New King James Version
36 Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?
New Living Translation
36 Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:36
Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:31-39
(Read 2 Samuel 19:31-39)
Barzillai thought he had done himself honour in doing the king any service. Thus, when the saints shall be called to inherit the kingdom, they will be amazed at the recompence being so very far beyond the service, Matthew 25:37. A good man would not go any where to be burdensome; or, will rather be so to his own house than to another's. It is good for all, but especially becomes old people, to think and speak much of dying. The grave is ready for me, let me go and get ready for it.