Isaiah 38:10

“I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King 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.

In Context

9The writing of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:

11I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.

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Cross References

Job 6:11For what is my strength, that I may continue? Or what is my goal, so that I may act patiently?

Job 17:11My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.

2 Corinthians 1:9But we had within ourselves the response to death, so that we would not have faith in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 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. 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord , even the Lord , in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →

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