Isaiah 38:10

New Century Version

I said, “I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”

Cross References

Job 6:11

“I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient?

Job 7:7

Remember, God, that my life is only a breath. My eyes will never see happy times again.

Psalm 102:24

So I said, “My God, do not take me in the middle of my life. Your years go on and on.

Psalm 102:25

In the beginning you made the earth, and your hands made the skies.

Psalm 107:18

They refused to eat anything, so they almost died.

Psalm 31:23

Love the Lord, all you who belong to him. The Lord protects those who truly believe, but he punishes the proud as much as they have sinned.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Isaiah 38:1

At that time Hezekiah became very sick; he was almost dead. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, “This is what the Lord says: Make arrangements, because you are not going to live, but die.”

Isaiah 38:9

After Hezekiah king of Judah got well, he wrote this song:

Jonah 2:6

When I went down to where the mountains of the sea start to rise, I thought I was locked in this prison forever, but you saved me from the pit of death, Lord my God.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Truly, in our own hearts we believed we would die. But this happened so we would not trust in ourselves but in God, who raises people from the dead.