Isaiah 38:10
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 38:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 I said, I shall see the Lord[a] no more
in the land of the living.
Nor look on any mortals
among those who dwell in the world.
Footnotes
- 38:11 See the Lord: go to the Temple and take part in its service.
Isaiah 38:11
King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 38:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,
is struck down and borne away from me;
You have folded up my life, like a weaver
who severs me from the last thread.[a](A)
From morning to night you make an end of me;
Footnotes
- 38:12 These two metaphors emphasize the suddenness and finality of death.
Isaiah 38:12
King James Version
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 cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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Isaiah 38:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Those live whom the Lord protects;
yours is the life of my spirit.
You have given me health and restored my life!
Isaiah 38:16
King James Version
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
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