What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Isaiah 38:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I thought, I must depart in the prime of my life; I have been relegated to the gates of the underworld for the rest of my life. Catholic Public Domain Version "I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell. I sought for the residue of my years. |
What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
In those days was Hezeki´ah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
The writing of Hezeki´ah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: