Isaiah 38:10

Isaiah 38:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I said, “In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”

Context of Isaiah 38:10

8I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps. 9When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem: I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?” 11I said, “Never again will I see the Lord God while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world. 12My 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.

Isaiah 38:10 word by word

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in the cutting offדֳּמִיdemîy dŏmîy · quietH1824
• of my daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• I shall goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• I am deprivedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: putH6485
• of the residueיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
• of my yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:10

• Isaiah 38:1About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’”
• Job 6:11But I don’t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.
• Job 7:7O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness.
• Job 17:11My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.
• 2 Corinthians 1:9In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I said - Probably the words I said‘ do not imply that he said or spoke this openly or audibly; but this was the language of his heart, or the substance of his reflections. In the cutting off of my days - There has been considerable diversity of interpretation in regard to this phrase. Vitringa renders it as our translators have done. Rosenmuller renders it, In the meridian of my days.‘ The Septuagint, ̓ ͂ͅ ̔́ ͂ ̔͂ En tō hupsei tōn hēmerōn mou - In the…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. 10go through the gates of Sheol: This image comes from an ancient belief that people enter death through gates (see Isaiah 14:9). Old Testament believers did not understand the afterlife as the New Testament describes it. They saw it as a shadowy place where all the dead gathered, and where no one praised God (see Isaiah 38:18; Psalms 88:10; 115:17).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 38:10

• Death
• Gates
• Hezekiah
• Murmuring
• Psalms

In the dictionaries

• Cutting Off
• Celebrate
• Hezekiah
• Poetry
• Reckon
• Undertake
• Bar (2)
• Chronicles, Books of
• Cut; Cutting
• Eschatology of the Old Testament

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