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Isaiah 38:10

Death and lossGrief

8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

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.

11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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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.

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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.

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