Isaiah 38:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

I ʾāmartî in-dəmî yāmay ʾēlēkâ in-šaʿărê šəʾôl puqqadtî yeter šənôtāy.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmartî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
• *dəmî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cessation/silence
• *yāmay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my days
• *ʾēlēkâ*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me go
• *šaʿărê*: masculine plural construct - gates of
• *šəʾôl*: feminine singular noun - Sheol
• *puqqadtî*: pual perfect, 1st person singular - I am deprived of
• *yeter*: masculine singular construct - remainder of
• *šənôtāy*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my years

Word Meanings

• *dəmî*: my cessation, my silence, my quiet, prime (of life)
• *ʾēlēkâ*: let me go, I shall go
• *šaʿărê*: gates of, entrances to
• *šəʾôl*: Sheol, underworld, grave, death
• *puqqadtî*: I am deprived of, I am appointed, I am assigned
• *yeter*: remainder, rest, remnant

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I said in the prime of my days, I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said,{H559} In the noontide{H1824} of my days{H3117} I shall go{H3212} into the gates{H8179} of Sheol:{H7585} I am deprived{H6485} of the residue{H3499} of my years.{H8141}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said{H559}{(H8804)} in the cutting off{H1824} of my days{H3117}, I shall go{H3212}{(H8799)} to the gates{H8179} of the grave{H7585}: I am deprived{H6485}{(H8795)} of the residue{H3499} of my years{H8141}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the residue of my yeares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I saide in the cutting off of my dayes, I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the residue of my yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

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?