New International Version
Isaiah 38:12
12Like 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.
Context of Isaiah 38:12
10I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?” 11I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world. 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. 13I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me. 14I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 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, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.
- Psalms 89:45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
- Psalms 102:11My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
- Isaiah 1:8Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
- Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
- Job 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
- Job 9:25“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
- Job 14:2They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
- James 4:14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Job 7:3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
- Psalms 119:23Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
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
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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
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