Isaiah 38:12

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

My home is uprooted and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. Like a weaver, I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom. Between day and night you could finish me off.

Berean Standard Bible:

My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

American Standard Version:

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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Mine age{H1755} is departed{H5265}, and is removed{H1540} from me as a shepherd's{H7473} tent{H168}: I have cut off{H7088} like a weaver{H707} my life{H2416}: he will cut me off{H1214} with pining sickness{H1803}: from day{H3117} even to night{H3915} wilt thou make an end{H7999} of me.

Cross-References (KJV):

2 Corinthians 5:1

  • ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Psalms 73:14

  • For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Hebrews 1:12

  • And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

James 4:14

  • Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Job 9:25

  • ¶ Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Job 9:26

  • They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.

Isaiah 13:20

  • It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

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Commentary for Isaiah 38:12

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1755
    There are 127 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דּוֹר
    Transliteration: dôwr
    Pronunciation: dore
    Description: or (shortened) דֹּר; from דּוּר; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
  2. Strong's Number: H5265
    There are 140 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָסַע
    Transliteration: nâçaʻ
    Pronunciation: naw-sah'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney; cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.
  3. Strong's Number: H1540
    There are 168 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּלָה
    Transliteration: gâlâh
    Pronunciation: gaw-law'
    Description: a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
  4. Strong's Number: H7473
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רֹעִי
    Transliteration: rôʻîy
    Pronunciation: ro-ee'
    Description: from active participle of רָעָה; pastoral; as noun, a shepherd; shipherd.
  5. Strong's Number: H168
    There are 369 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֹהֶל
    Transliteration: ʼôhel
    Pronunciation: o'-hel
    Description: from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
  6. Strong's Number: H7088
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָפַד
    Transliteration: qâphad
    Pronunciation: kaw-fad'
    Description: a primitive root; to contract, i.e. roll together; cut off.
  7. Strong's Number: H707
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָרַג
    Transliteration: ʼârag
    Pronunciation: aw-rag'
    Description: a primitive root; to plait or weave; weaver(-r).
  8. Strong's Number: H2416
    There are 452 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חַי
    Transliteration: chay
    Pronunciation: khah'-ee
    Description: from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  9. Strong's Number: H1214
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּצַע
    Transliteration: bâtsaʻ
    Pronunciation: baw-tsah'
    Description: a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop; (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
  10. Strong's Number: H1803
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דַּלָּה
    Transliteration: dallâh
    Pronunciation: dal-law'
    Description: from דָּלָה; properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent; hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).
  11. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a 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 associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  12. Strong's Number: H3915
    There are 223 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לַיִל
    Transliteration: layil
    Pronunciation: lah'-yil
    Description: or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
  13. Strong's Number: H7999
    There are 107 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁלַם
    Transliteration: shâlam
    Pronunciation: shaw-lam'
    Description: a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications); make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.