Isaiah 38:10 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?"

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New International Version
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
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 American Standard Bible
I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.

International Standard Version
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"

American Standard Version
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

Darby Bible Translation
I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

Young's Literal Translation
'I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead:

Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 17:15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

Psalm 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the middle of my days: your years are throughout all generations.

Psalm 107:18
Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go.

Isaiah 38:9
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet have you brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

38:9-22 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 shepherd has. Our days are compared to the weaver's shuttle, Job 7:6, passing and repassing very swiftly, every throw leaving a thread behind it; and when finished, the piece is cut off, taken out of the loom, and showed to our Master to be judged of. A good man, when his life is cut off, his cares and fatigues are cut off with it, and he rests from his labours. But our times are in God's hand; he has appointed what shall be the length of the piece. When sick, we are very apt to calculate our time, but are still at uncertainty. It should be more our care how we shall get safe to another world. And the more we taste of the loving-kindness of God, the more will our hearts love him, and live to him. It was in love to our poor perishing souls that Christ delivered them. The pardon does not make the sin not to have been sin, but not to be punished as it deserves. It is pleasant to think of our recoveries from sickness, when we see them flowing from the pardon of sin. Hezekiah's opportunity to glorify God in this world, he made the business, and pleasure, and end of life. Being recovered, he resolves to abound in praising and serving God. God's promises are not to do away, but to quicken and encourage the use of means. Life and health are given that we may glorify God and do good.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. cutting off—Rosenmuller translates, "the meridian"; when the sun stands in the zenith: so "the perfect day" (Pr 4:18). Rather, "in the tranquillity of my days," that is, that period of life when I might now look forward to a tranquil reign [Maurer]. The Hebrew is so translated (Isa 62:6, 7).

go to—rather, "go into," as in Isa 46:2 [Maurer].

residue of my years—those which I had calculated on. God sends sickness to teach man not to calculate on the morrow, but to live more wholly to God, as if each day were the last.