Verse 10

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

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
  • Ps 102:24 : 24 I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
  • Ps 107:18 : 18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
  • Isa 38:1 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'"
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
  • Job 7:7 : 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
  • Job 17:11-16 : 11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness. 13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, 14 If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;' 15 where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?"