Verse 10

I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
  • Ps 102:24 : 24 He has afflicted my strength in the way; he has shortened my days.
  • Ps 107:18 : 18 They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days, Hezekiah became sick to the point of death. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are about to die and will not recover.'"
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again.
  • Job 17:11-16 : 11 My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone. 12 They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness. 13 If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness, 14 and I call the pit my father, and the worm my mother and sister, 15 then where is my hope? And who can see any hope for me? 16 Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?