Passage

Isaiah 38.10

Book: Isaiah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"8. behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down. 9. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness."

"10. 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."

"11. I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12. My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me." (Isaiah 38:8-12, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"8. Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.”’” 9. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness."

"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.”"

"11. I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12. My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me." (Isaiah 38:8-12, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"8. 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} 9. The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:"

"10. 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."

"11. 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. 12. 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}" (Isaiah 38:8-12, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"8. Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down. 9. A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:"

"10. '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."

"11. I said, I do not see Jah, Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world. 12. My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me." (Isaiah 38:8-12, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H7585 - sheol

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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