Isaiah 38:10 “I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol…”

Isaiah 38:10

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.

Bible in Basic English

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

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Cross references

“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.”

2 Corinthians 1:9 Job 7:7 Isaiah 38:1 Job 6:11 Job 17:11–16

2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

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.

Job 7:7 · BSB

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

Isaiah 38:1 · BSB

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.’”

Job 6:11 · BSB

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Job 17:11–16 · BSB

My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

Also

Psalm 102:24 Psalm 107:18

Psalm 102:24 · BSB

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

Psalm 107:18 · BSB

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

11I 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.

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