Isaiah 38:10
8 I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
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.”
11 I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
12 My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- I said, “In the prime of my life I will go inside the gates of Sheol; I am consigned there [for] the remainder of my years.”
- ÅB
- Jeg sa: I mine rolige dager må jeg gå bort gjennom dødsrikets porter; jeg må bøte med resten av mine år.
- OTB
- Jeg sa, “Midt i mine dager må jeg gå gjennom dødsrikets porter og bli fratatt resten av mine år.”
- B1930
- Jeg sa: I mine rolige dager må jeg gå bort gjennem dødsrikets porter; jeg må bøte med resten av mine år.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, 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.
Read in contextPsalms 102:24
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
Read in contextJob 7:7
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Read in contextPsalms 107:18
They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:1
In 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.’”
Read in contextJob 6:11
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Read in contextJob 17:11–16
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
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