King James Version
Isaiah 38:10 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 38:10 · KJV
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
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.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. with: or, from the thrum
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“of my days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“I am deprived”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
“of the residue”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
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