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As a score is an archaic term for "20", three score is 60 and 10 makes it 70.
Answer:
The context of it is in reference to a 70 year lifespan of a man. Probably as an "average" since he adds:
"...or eighty, if we have the strength..." (Ps.90:10 NIV)
Before the flood, The Bible records the lifespan of man to be nearly a thousand years. But between our sins, which include the physical abuse men put their bodies through in their lives, diseases and other pollutant factors... man's original physical perfection deteriorated and was passed on to their descendants, with each generation adding their own sins to the progressive deterioration.
By David's day, the lifespan of a man seems to have averaged out at 70 years... which I believe is still considered the average, today. With the possible exception of factoring in "modern miracle medicines," which can cause people to live longer than they otherwise would have without them.
But Psalm 90:10 refers to an average lifespan:
"The length of our days is seventy years--..." (NIV).
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Where in the bible is the scripture about three score and ten?
Psalm 90:10 in King James Version
Man days three score and ten?
Psalm 90, "The days of our years are threescore and ten".
Where did the term score in reference to years come from?
If you are thinking of the word 'score' as a span of life, it is of biblical origin, Leviticus 12 and Psalms 90 which quotes 'there is a use of it that refers to a span of our lives' - 'the days of our years are three score years and ten'. Also borrowed by Shakespeare in Macbeth as 'Three score and ten I can remember well,' The span of life was then considered to be three score and ten, in other words 70 years
Three score years and ten?
This phrase refers to living to be seventy years old. It comes from the Bible, specifically Psalm 90:10, which states, "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years."
Define three score and ten?
A score is twenty; if read as 'a score, ten and three' it is 20 + 10 + 3 = 33, but if read as 'a score [times] ten' it becomes 203.
Where is three score and 10?
In the older translations of the Bible and other old English literature, it just means 70, e.g.Genesis 46:27 "And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten."
How much is four score and ten years?
a score is 20 years, so four score and ten years ago would be 90 years
What is the perfect score in gymnastic?
A perfect score in gymnastics would be a ten.
What is the highest score you can get in ten pin bowling on the Wii?
a perfect score in 10 pin is 300, so the highest score in the wii ten pin would be the same
What does 3 score and ten mean?
1 score = 20 years So 3 score and ten would be 70 years.
What does ten years equal?
a score
How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
