Isaiah 38:10

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{ "verseID": "Isaiah.38.10", "source": "אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּדְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי יֶ֥תֶר שְׁנוֹתָֽי׃", "text": "I *ʾāmartî* in-*dəmî* *yāmay* *ʾēlēkâ* in-*šaʿărê* *šəʾôl* *puqqadtî* *yeter* *šənôtāy*.", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }

📖 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

• 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."

• 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 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.1.9", "source": "Ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἀπόκριμα τοῦ θανάτου ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα μὴ πεποιθότες ὦμεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι τοὺς νεκρούς:", "text": "But ourselves in ourselves the *apokrima* of *thanatou* we have *eschēkamen*, so that not *pepoithotes* we might be upon ourselves, but upon the *Theō* the one *egeironti* the *nekrous*:", "grammar": { "*apokrima*": "accusative, neuter, singular - sentence/verdict", "*thanatou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of death", "*eschēkamen*": "perfect indicative, active, 1st person plural - we have had", "*pepoithotes*": "perfect participle, active, nominative, masculine, plural - having trusted/been confident", "*Theō*": "dative, masculine, singular - on God", "*egeironti*": "present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - raising", "*nekrous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - dead ones" }, "variants": { "*apokrima*": "sentence/verdict/response/decree", "*thanatou*": "death/mortality", "*eschēkamen*": "we have had/experienced/received", "*pepoithotes*": "having trusted/been confident/relied upon", "*egeironti*": "raising/awakening/causing to rise", "*nekrous*": "dead ones/corpses" } }
• Ps 102:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Psalms.102.24", "source": "עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ *כחו **כֹּחִ֗י קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃", "text": "He *ʿinnâ* in *badereḵ* *kōḥî* *qiṣṣar* *yāmāy*", "grammar": { "*ʿinnâ*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has afflicted", "*ḇaddereḵ*": "preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the way/journey", "*kōḥî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my strength", "*qiṣṣar*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has shortened", "*yāmāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days" }, "variants": { "*ʿinnâ*": "he has afflicted/weakened/humbled", "*ḇaddereḵ*": "in the way/road/journey", "*kōḥî*": "my strength/power", "*qiṣṣar*": "he has shortened/cut short", "*yāmāy*": "my days/lifespan" } }
• Ps 107:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Psalms.107.18", "source": "כָּל־אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד־שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת", "text": "all-*ʾōkel* *tᵊtaʿēb* *napšām* and-*yaggîʿû* until-*šaʿărê* *māwet*", "grammar": { "*ʾōkel*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed kol - all food", "*tᵊtaʿēb*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it abhors", "*napšām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their soul", "*yaggîʿû*": "hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they reached/approached", "*šaʿărê*": "noun, masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition ad - to gates of", "*māwet*": "noun, masculine singular - death" }, "variants": { "*ʾōkel*": "food/eating", "*tᵊtaʿēb*": "it abhors/loathes/detests", "*napšām*": "their soul/life/appetite/being", "*yaggîʿû*": "they reached/approached/came to", "*šaʿărê*": "gates of/entrances of", "*māwet*": "death" } }
• Isa 38:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.1", "source": "בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה׃", "text": "In *yāmîm* the *hāhēm* *ḥālāh* *Ḥizqîyāhû* *lāmût* and-*wayyābôʾ* to-him *Yəšaʿyāhû* son-of-*ʾĀmôṣ* the-*nābîʾ* and-*wayyōʾmer* to-him thus-*kōh*-*ʾāmar* *YHWH* *ṣaw* to-*bayit*-your for *mēt* you and-not *tiḥyeh*.", "grammar": { "*yāmîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - days", "*hāhēm*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - those", "*ḥālāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - became sick", "*Ḥizqîyāhû*": "proper noun - Hezekiah", "*lāmût*": "qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to die", "*wayyābôʾ*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he came", "*Yəšaʿyāhû*": "proper noun - Isaiah", "*ʾĀmôṣ*": "proper noun - Amoz", "*nābîʾ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - prophet", "*wayyōʾmer*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said", "*kōh*": "adverb - thus, so", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD", "*ṣaw*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - command, give orders", "*bayit*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - house/household", "*mēt*": "qal participle, masculine singular - dying/about to die", "*tiḥyeh*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will live" }, "variants": { "*ḥālāh*": "became sick, was ill, grew weak", "*lāmût*": "to die, to the point of death", "*ṣaw*": "command, give orders, set in order", "*bayit*": "house, household, family, dynasty", "*mēt*": "dying, dead, about to die" } }
• Job 6:11 : 11 { "verseID": "Job.6.11", "source": "מַה־כֹּחִ֥י כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּמַה־קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי־אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*mah-kōḥî kî-ʾăyaḥēl ûmah-qiṣṣî kî-ʾaʾărîk napšî*", "grammar": { "*mah-kōḥî*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - what is my strength", "*kî-ʾăyaḥēl*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should hope/wait", "*ûmah-qiṣṣî*": "conjunction + interrogative + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and what is my end", "*kî-ʾaʾărîk*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - that I should prolong", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life" }, "variants": { "*kōaḥ*": "strength/power", "*yāḥal*": "to wait/hope", "*qēṣ*": "end/limit", "*ʾārak*": "to be long/prolong/extend", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self" } }
• Job 7:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Job.7.7", "source": "זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב", "text": "*Zĕḵōr* that-*rûaḥ* my *ḥayyāy* not-*ṯāshûḇ* my *'êynî* *lir'ôṯ* *ṭôḇ*", "grammar": { "*zĕḵōr*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - remember", "*kî*": "conjunction - that/for/because", "*rûaḥ*": "noun, feminine singular - breath/wind/spirit", "*ḥayyāy*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*lō'*": "negative particle - not", "*ṯāshûḇ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will return", "*'êynî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my eye", "*lĕ*": "preposition - to/for", "*rĕ'ôṯ*": "verb, qal infinitive construct - to see", "*ṭôḇ*": "noun/adjective, masculine singular - good/goodness" }, "variants": { "*zĕḵōr*": "remember/recall/be mindful", "*rûaḥ*": "breath/wind/spirit/life", "*ḥayyāy*": "my life/my living", "*ṯāshûḇ*": "will return/will come back", "*'êynî*": "my eye/my sight", "*ṭôḇ*": "good/goodness/prosperity/welfare" } }
• Job 17:11-16 : 11 { "verseID": "Job.17.11", "source": "יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃", "text": "*yāmay* *ʿāḇrû* *zimmōṯay* *nittəqû* *môrāšê* *ləḇāḇî*", "grammar": { "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*ʿāḇrû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have passed away", "*zimmōṯay*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my plans/thoughts", "*nittəqû*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person common plural - they are broken off/torn away", "*môrāšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - possessions of", "*ləḇāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my heart" }, "variants": { "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*ʿāḇrû*": "they have passed away/crossed over/gone by", "*zimmōṯay*": "my plans/thoughts/purposes/schemes", "*nittəqû*": "they are broken off/torn away/cut off", "*môrāšê*": "possessions of/treasures of/desires of", "*ləḇāḇî*": "my heart/mind/inner self" } } 12 { "verseID": "Job.17.12", "source": "לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃", "text": "*laylâ* for-*yôm* *yāśîmû* *ʾôr* *qārôḇ* from-face-of-*ḥōšeḵ*", "grammar": { "*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular - night", "*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular - day", "*yāśîmû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they set/put/place", "*ʾôr*": "noun, masculine singular - light", "*qārôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - near/close", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness" }, "variants": { "*laylâ*": "night/darkness", "*yôm*": "day/daytime", "*yāśîmû*": "they set/put/place/make", "*ʾôr*": "light/daylight/brightness", "*qārôḇ*": "near/close/at hand", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity" } } 13 { "verseID": "Job.17.13", "source": "אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃", "text": "if-*ʾăqawwe* *šəʾôl* *bêṯî* in-the-*ḥōšeḵ* *rippaddtî* *yəṣûʿāy*", "grammar": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "Piel imperfect 1st person singular - I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/underworld", "*bêṯî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness", "*rippaddtî*": "Piel perfect 1st person singular - I have spread out", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my bed/couch" }, "variants": { "*ʾăqawwe*": "I expect/wait for/hope for", "*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/underworld/grave/pit", "*bêṯî*": "my house/dwelling/home", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness/obscurity", "*rippaddtî*": "I have spread out/made my bed", "*yəṣûʿāy*": "my bed/couch/resting place" } } 14 { "verseID": "Job.17.14", "source": "לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃", "text": "to-the-*šaḥaṯ* *qārāʾṯî* *ʾāḇî* you-are *ʾimmî* *wa-ʾăḥōṯî* to-the-*rimmâ*", "grammar": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - pit/grave/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have called", "*ʾāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my father", "*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot" }, "variants": { "*šaḥaṯ*": "pit/grave/corruption/destruction", "*qārāʾṯî*": "I have called/named/proclaimed", "*ʾāḇî*": "my father", "*ʾimmî*": "my mother", "*wa-ʾăḥōṯî*": "and my sister", "*rimmâ*": "worm/maggot/decay" } } 15 { "verseID": "Job.17.15", "source": "וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃", "text": "*wə-ʾayyēh* *ʾēp̄ô* *ṯiqwāṯî* *wə-ṯiqwāṯî* who *yəšûrennâ*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾayyēh*": "conjunction + interrogative adverb - and where", "*ʾēp̄ô*": "adverb - then/now", "*ṯiqwāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hope", "*wə-ṯiqwāṯî*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my hope", "*yəšûrennâ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he will behold it" }, "variants": { "*wə-ʾayyēh*": "and where/where, then", "*ʾēp̄ô*": "then/now/indeed", "*ṯiqwāṯî*": "my hope/expectation", "*yəšûrennâ*": "he will behold it/regard it/observe it" } } 16 { "verseID": "Job.17.16", "source": "בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃ ס", "text": "*baddê* *šəʾōl* *tēraddnâ* if-*yaḥaḏ* upon-*ʿāp̄ār* *nāḥaṯ*", "grammar": { "*baddê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - bars of/parts of", "*šəʾōl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/underworld", "*tēraddnâ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - they will go down", "*yaḥaḏ*": "adverb - together/at once", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust/earth", "*nāḥaṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - rest/repose" }, "variants": { "*baddê*": "bars of/parts of/members of/branches of", "*šəʾōl*": "Sheol/underworld/grave/pit", "*tēraddnâ*": "they will go down/descend", "*yaḥaḏ*": "together/at once/alike", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/earth/soil/powder", "*nāḥaṯ*": "rest/repose/quietness" } }