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Isaiah 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.

KJV

Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum : Vadam ad portas inferi ; quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.

Vulgate

Ἐγὼ εἶπα Ἐν τῷ ὕψει τῶν ἡμερῶν μου ἐν πύλαις ᾅδου καταλείψω τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἐπίλοιπα.

LXX

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.

ASV

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּ/דְמִ֥י יָמַ֛/י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּ/שַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
דְמִ֥י
dmy
noun · 4×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
יֶ֣תֶר
ytr
noun · 102×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Gen 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
  • Job 7:7 — O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
  • Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
  • Job 17:11 — My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
  • Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
  • Ps 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:
  • Ps 31:22 — For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
  • Ps 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Ps 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
  • Ps 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
  • Ps 107:18 — Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
  • Ps 107:18 — Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.