ISA 38:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I said, “I’ll go through the gates to the grave in the prime of my life,
⇔ ≈ I’ll miss out on the remainder of my years.”

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐγὼ εἶπα ἐν τῷ ὕψει τῶν ἡμερῶν μου, πορεύσομαι ἐν πύλαις ἅδου, καταλείψω τὰ ἔτη τὰ ἐπίλοιπα.
(Egō eipa en tōi hupsei tōn haʸmerōn mou, poreusomai en pulais hadou, kataleipsō ta etaʸ ta epiloipa.)

BrTr I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.

ULT I, I said, “In the quiet of my days
⇔ I will go into the gates of Sheol;
⇔ I am visited for the remainder of my years.”

UST I said to myself, “In the middle of my life,
⇔ I am about to die and go to the place where dead people are.
⇔ Yahweh is not going to allow me to live a full lifetime.

BSB I said, “In the prime[fn] of my life
⇔ I must go through the gates of Sheol
⇔ [and] be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

38:10 Or In the quiet or In the middle

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol.[fn]
⇔ I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

38:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET “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.’

LSV “I said in the cutting off of my days,
I go to the gates of Sheol,
I have numbered the remnant of my years.

FBV I said to myself, “Do I have to go to my death[fn] just as my life is going well? Why can't I count on the rest of my years?”

38:10 “Death” literally, “gates of Sheol.”

T4T I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are
⇔ during this time of my life when I am still strong?
⇔ Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I should live?”

LEB • I was the one who said, “I must go in the quiet of my days;
• I am summoned through the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.”

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.

ASV 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.

DRA I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

YLT '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.

Drby I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

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

SLT I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the residue of my yeres.
(I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell when mine age was shortened, and have wanted the residue of my years.)

Gnva 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Cvdl I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the residue of my yeares.
(I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and have wanted the residue of my years.)

Wycl I seide, in the myddil of my daies Y schal go to the yatis of helle.
(I said, in the middle of my days I shall go to the gates of hell.)

Luth Ich sprach: Nun muß ich zu der Höllen Pforte fahren, da meine Zeit aus war, da ich gedachte noch länger zu leben.
(I spoke: Now must I to/for the/of_the hell gate drive/ride/run, there my time/period out_of was, there I thought still longer to/for life.)

ClVg [Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum: Vadam ad portas inferi; quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.[fn]
([I I_said in/into/on half days of_mine: I_will_go to doors inferi; I_asked residuum of_years of_mine.)

38.10 Ego dixi. ID. Cum Deus Ezechiæ sine labore victoriam dedisset, etc., usque ad peccatores in dimidio dierum moriuntur. In dimidio dierum meorum. Unde: Viri impii et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos, quia non implent opera virtutum, nec pœnitendo emendant delicta. Ad portas inferi. Quæsivi. Ubi constituta est domus omni viventi ante adventum Christi.

38.10 I I_said. ID. Since God Hezekiah without with_hard_work victory dedisset, etc., until to sinners in/into/on half days they_die. In half days of_mine. From_where/who: Men wicked and deceitful not/no halfbunt days his_own, because not/no implent works virtues, but_not repenting emendant offences. To doors inferi. I_searched. Where established it_is home all they_will_livei before arrival Christi.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

אָמַ֗רְתִּי

said

Hezekiah is stating the pronoun I separately, even though the verb translated as I said already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that he is the person making the statement. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here. Alternate translation: [I, Hezekiah, said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בִּ⁠דְמִ֥י יָמַ֛⁠י

in,the_half_of my_days_of,my

Hezekiah is using In the quiet of my days as a common expression of the culture to mean “in the prime of my life.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [In the prime of my life]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵלֵ֖כָה בְּ⁠שַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל

go in,the_gates_of shəʼōl

Here Hezekiah is speaking as if Sheol, the place of the dead, were a walled city that he would enter through its gates. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will go to Sheol when I die]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠שַׁעֲרֵ֣י שְׁא֑וֹל

in,the_gates_of shəʼōl

Hezekiah is using the possessive form to describe gates that are characterized by belonging to Sheol. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [into the gates that lead to Sheol]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי

consigned

The expression I am visited is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Yahweh is taking from me]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פֻּקַּ֖דְתִּי

consigned

The implication is that Yahweh is the one who has cut Hezekiah’s life short. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I am being punished by Yahweh]

Parallel ISA 38:10