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Psalms 107:18

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

KJV

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

ASV

כָּל אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑/ם וַ֝/יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת

Hebrew

All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

YLT

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹֽכֶל
'kl
noun · 44×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
י
y
noun · 752×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 22×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Job 33:19 — He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
  • Job 38:17 — Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
  • 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 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
  • Ps 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.