Isaiah 38:12

Death and loss

¹⁰ 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.

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.

¹³ I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

¹⁴ Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for 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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
ASV: My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd`s tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
DARBY: Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
BLB: My dwelling has been pulled up and removed from me like the tent of a shepherd; I have gathered up my life like a weaver; from the loom He cuts me off; from day until night You make an end of me.

ÅB: Min bolig blir rykket opp og ført bort fra meg som en hyrdes telt; jeg har rullet mitt liv sammen lik en vever, fra trådendene skjærer han[^1] meg av; fra dag til natt gjør du det av med meg.
OTB: Som et hyrdetelt blir min bolig trukket opp og tatt fra meg. Som en vever har jeg rullet opp mitt liv, og han kutter meg av fra veven; fra dag til natt fører du meg til en ende.
B1930: Min bolig blir rykket op og ført bort fra mig som en hyrdes telt; jeg har rullet mitt liv sammen lik en vever, fra trådendene skjærer han mig av; fra dag til natt gjør du det av med mig. / < Gud.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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Hebrews 1:12
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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Psalms 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
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Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
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James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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Job 7:3–7
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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