What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, at I should be patient?
Isaiah 38:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. More versionsKing 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 wait? And what is mine end, at I should be patient?
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: 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 Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
The writing of Hezekiah 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 closed upon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
yea, we ourselves have had the answer of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: