Isaiah 38:10
I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the residue of my yeres.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
9A thankesgeuyng which Hezekia kyng of Iuda wrote, when he had ben sicke and was recouered.
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 →