10 I said, (A)In the middle[a] of my days
    I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
    for the rest of my years.

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  1. Isaiah 38:10 Or In the quiet

10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)

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Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us (A)rely not on ourselves (B)but on God (C)who raises the dead.

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Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,(A) who raises the dead.(B)

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24 “O my God,” (A)I say, “take me not away
    in the midst of my days—
(B)you whose years endure
    throughout all generations!”

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24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on(A) through all generations.

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18 (A)they loathed any kind of food,
    and they (B)drew near to (C)the gates of death.

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18 They loathed all food(A)
    and drew near the gates of death.(B)

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“Remember that my life is a (A)breath;
    my eye will never again see good.

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Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(A)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(B)

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Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery

38 (A)In those days Hezekiah became (B)sick and was at the point of death. And (C)Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.”[a]

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  1. Isaiah 38:1 Or live; also verses 9, 21

Hezekiah’s Illness(A)

38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz(B) went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order,(C) because you are going to die; you will not recover.”(D)

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11 My (A)days are past; my plans are broken off,
    the desires of my heart.
12 They (B)make night into day:
    ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’[a]
13 If I hope for (C)Sheol as (D)my house,
    if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope?
    Who will see my hope?
16 Will it go down to the bars of (E)Sheol?
    Shall we (F)descend together (G)into the dust?”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Job 17:16 Or Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Is rest to be found together in the dust?

11 My days have passed,(A) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(B)
12 turn night into day;(C)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(D)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(E)
    if I spread out my bed(F) in the realm of darkness,(G)
14 if I say to corruption,(H) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(I) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(J)
    who can see any hope for me?(K)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(L)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”(M)

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11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(A)

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