Psalms 107:18
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- KJV
- Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
- WEB
- Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
- ASV
- Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
- DARBY
- Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:
- BLB
- All food their soul abhorred, and they drew near to the gates of death.
- ÅB
- deres sjel vemmedes ved all mat, og de kom nær til dødens porter.
- OTB
- Deres sjeler avskydde all slags mat,
Og de nærmet seg dødens porter. - B1930
- deres sjel vemmedes ved all mat, og de kom nær til dødens porter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Read in contextPsalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Read in contextJob 33:19–22
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Read in contextIsaiah 38:10
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.
Read in contextJob 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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