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Isaiah 38:10

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38:10“I thought,12

‘In the middle of my life13 I must walk through the gates of Sheol,

I am deprived14 of the rest of my years.’

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Or “I said” (, , , ).
  2. 13 The precise meaning of the phrase בִּדְמִי יָמַי (bidmi yamay, “in the [?] of my days”) is uncertain. According to דְּמִי this word is a hapax legomenon meaning “half.” Others derive the form from דַּמִי (dami, “quiet, rest, peacefulness”).
  3. 14 The precise meaning of the verb is uncertain. The Pual of of פָּקַד (paqad) occurs only here and in Exod 38:21, where it appears to mean “passed in review” or “mustered.” Perhaps the idea is, “I have been called away for the remainder of my years.” To bring out the sense more clearly, one can translate, “I am deprived of the rest of my years.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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?”

CSBChristian 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I said, “In the prime of my life,

must I now enter the place of the dead?

Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I was the one who said, “I must go in the quiet of my days;

I am summoned through the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.