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NASB | Psalm 90:10 As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 90:10 The days of our life are seventy years-- Or even, if because of strength, eighty years; Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow, For it is soon gone and we fly away. |
Bible Question: I was talking to my sister today and she said that the bible says that if you die before 70, then it wasn't God's Will. I am confused she also made a reference to a well-known preacher refering to that as well. I for one have not heard such a thing, so I am trying to just ask. She is implying that we choose how long we live. |
Bible Answer: The well known preacher to which you refer may be thinking of Psalm 90:10, but that's just a guess. In any case, the psalmist in that particular Psalm only speaks of "70" as an average life span and says no more than that. If you ever discover where your sister got this strange teaching I'd love to know. In all my years as a student of the Bible, I have never heard of such a thing. Machaira |