the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!

The Lord says, “I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.

he sent ten servants, saying to them, “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.

He answered, “Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.’”