Isaiah 38:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.””

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 38:10 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
  2. Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  3. Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
  4. Psalms 31:23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
  5. Psalms 102:24I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
  6. Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  7. Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  8. Isaiah 38:1In 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.’”
  9. 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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