Psalm 107:18 {106:18}
Good News Translation
they couldn't stand the sight of food and were close to death.

New Revised Standard Version
they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

Contemporary English Version
The very thought of food was disgusting to you, and you were almost dead.

New American Bible
They loathed all manner of food; they were at the gates of death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

abhorreth

Job 33:19-22 He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither. . . .

and they

Psalm 9:13 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

Psalm 88:3 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Isaiah 38:10 I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
17He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were brought low for their injustices. 18Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.19And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.…
Cross References
Job 33:20
Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

Job 33:22
His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

Psalm 9:13
Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

Psalm 88:3
For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

Psalm 102:4
I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

Psalm 107:19
And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Isaiah 38:10
I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

Psalm 107:17
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