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How old would you be if your were three score years and ten?
If you were three score years and ten, you would be 70 years old. A "score" is 20 years, so three score would be 60 years, plus an additional 10 years gives you a total of 70.
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
Where in the Bible is the phrase three score and then?
The phrase Three score years and ten is from Psalms 90 verse 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 labor and sorrow;for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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.
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 does 'three score and ten' mean in the nursery rhyme?
"Three score and ten" in the nursery rhyme "The Four and Twenty Blackbirds" refers to the number 70. In the context of the rhyme, it signifies the age of the "old woman" who was baking the pie with the blackbirds in it.
Man days three score and ten?
Psalm 90, "The days of our years are threescore and ten".
What does ten years equal?
a score
70 T S Y and T?
Three score years and ten ( 30x 20 +10 = 70)
Does three scores and ten means seventy years?
Yes. (Note that one says and writes three score - without an -s on the end).
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.
What does 3 score and ten mean?
1 score = 20 years So 3 score and ten would be 70 years.
