Difference between revisions of "Three score and ten"
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* '''three score and ten:''' the span of a life, seventy years, as given in the Bible: Psalms 90:10. "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." | * '''three score and ten:''' the span of a life, seventy years, as given in the Bible: Psalms 90:10. "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." | ||
| − | * '''three score and ten:''' | + | * '''three score and ten:''' Mardrus: ''Le Koran'', 22: 'l'exégèse musulmane admet que chaque mot du Livre possède soixante-dix significations' ('Muslim exegesis accepts that every word of the Book possesses seventy meanings') → one for each year of a man's life (see Psalm ref above) → [[sytty maids per man, sir|sytty]] in line 19 below, Mardrus text also ref → [[a bone, a pebble, a ramskin]] |
Latest revision as of 00:30, 22 January 2020
- three score and ten: the span of a life, seventy years, as given in the Bible: Psalms 90:10. "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."
- three score and ten: Mardrus: Le Koran, 22: 'l'exégèse musulmane admet que chaque mot du Livre possède soixante-dix significations' ('Muslim exegesis accepts that every word of the Book possesses seventy meanings') → one for each year of a man's life (see Psalm ref above) → sytty in line 19 below, Mardrus text also ref → a bone, a pebble, a ramskin
