Isaiah 38:12

Isaiah 38:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
• New International Version (NIV)Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;
• New King James Version (NKJV)My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

Context of Isaiah 38:12

10I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of Sheol and be robbed of the rest of my life. 11I thought that I wouldn’t see the Lord in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person. My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd’s tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day. 13I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day. 14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me!

Isaiah 38:12 word by word

דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine ageדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• is departedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• and is removedגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• from me as a shepherd’sרֹעִיrô‛îy · to shepherdH7473
• tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• I have cut offקָפַדqâphad · to rollH7088
• like a weaverאָרַג'ârag · to weaveH707
• my lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• he will cut me offבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut offH1214
• with pining sicknessדַּלָּהdallâh · hairH1803
• from dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• wilt thou make an endשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:12

• Job 7:7Remember, my life is only a breath, and never again will my eyes see anything good.
• Psalms 89:45You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. Selah
• Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.
• Isaiah 1:8My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.”
• Isaiah 13:20It will never be inhabited again, and no one will live in it for generations. Arabs won’t pitch their tents there. Shepherds won’t let their flocks rest there.
• Job 7:6My days go swifter than a weaver’s shuttle. They are spent without hope.
• Job 9:25“My days go by more quickly than a runner. They sprint away. They don’t see anything good.
• Job 14:2He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.
• James 4:14You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.
• Job 7:3Likewise, I have been given months that are of no use, and I have inherited nights filled with misery.
• Job 17:1“My spirit is broken. My days have been snuffed out. The cemetery ⌞is waiting⌟ for me.
• Psalms 31:22When I was panic-stricken, I said, “I have been cut off from your sight.” But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
• Psalms 119:23Even though influential people plot against me, I reflect on your laws.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Mine age - is removed from me as a shepherd's tent - רעי roi is put for רעה roeh, say the rabbis (Sal. Den Melec on the place); but much more probably is written imperfectly for רעים roim, shepherds. See note on Isaiah 5:1. I shall be removed from this state to another, as a shepherd removes his tent from one place to another for the sake of his flock. Is not this a strong intimation of his belief in a future state? I have cut off like a weaver my life…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Mine age - The word which is used here (דור dôr ) means properly the revolving period or circle of human life. The parallelism seems to demand, however, that it should be used in the sense of dwelling or habitation, so as to correspond with the shepherd‘s tent.‘ Accordingly, Lowth and Noyes render it, Habitation.‘ So also do Gesenius and Rosenmuller. The Arabic word has this signification; and the Hebrew verb דור dûr also means “to dwell, to remain,” as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lord. A good man wishes not to live for any other end than that he may serve God, and have communion with him. Our present residence is like that of a shepherd in his hut, a poor, mean, and cold lodging, and with a trust committed to our charge, as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12These images show how short human life is (compare 2 Corinthians 5:1). They remind us that life on earth does not last long.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Is 38:9 is the heading or inscription.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 38:12

• Death
• Hezekiah
• Life
• Murmuring
• Psalms
• Tent
• Weaving

In the dictionaries

• Pining Sickness
• Celebrate
• Herdsman
• Hezekiah
• Poetry
• Reckon
• Undertake
• Weaving, weavers
• Age; Old Age
• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on Isaiah 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings