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Read›Isaiah›Chapter 38

Hezekiah’s Song of Thanksgiving

Isaiah 38:10

In 11 translations

BSB
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”Or In the quiet or In the middle
KJV
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
WEB
I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”Sheol is the place of the dead.
ASV
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
LSV
“I said in the cutting off of my days, || I go to the gates of Sheol, || I have numbered the remnant of my years.
YLT
'I — I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.
DBY
I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
DRC
I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.
GNV
I saide in the cutting off of my dayes, I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.
JPS
I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.
LXXE
I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγὼ εἶπα ἐν τῷ ὕψει τῶν ἡμερῶν μου, πορεύσομαι ἐν πύλαις ἅδου, καταλείψω τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἐπίλοιπα.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
  • Psalms 102:24I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
  • Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  • Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  • Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  • Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
  • Job 17:11–16My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart. They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in…

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