Isaiah 38:12
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.
‖Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, From the thrum.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:1Rank 1 from verse 12
1FOR 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.
1¶ For we know, that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolued, wee haue a building of God, an house not made with hand, eternall in the heauens.
- Hebrews 1:12Rank 2 from verse 12
- Psalms 73:14Rank 3 from verse 12
- 2 Corinthians 5:4Rank 4 from verse 12
4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
4For, we that are in this tabernacle, doe grone, being burdened, not for that wee would bee vnclothed, but clothed vpon, that mortalitie might bee swallowed vp of life.
- 2 Peter 1:13–14Rank 5 from verse 12
13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
13Yea, I thinke it meete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp, by putting you in remembrance:
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my Tabernacle, euen as *our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed mee.
- Isaiah 1:8Rank 6 from verse 12
- Isaiah 13:20Rank 7 from verse 12
20It 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.
20It shall neuer be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shal the shepheards make their fold there.
- James 4:14Rank 8 from verse 12
14Whereas 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.
14Whereas yee know not what shalbe on the morow: *for what is your life? ‖It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and then vanisheth away.
3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
3So am I made to possesse moneths of vanitie, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4When I lie downe, I say, When shall I arise, and the †night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro, vnto the dawning of the day.
5My flesh is cloathed with wormes and clods of dust, my skinne is broken, and become loathsome.
6*My dayes are swifter then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7O remember that my life is winde: mine eye †shall no more †see good.
- Job 9:25–26Rank 14 from verse 12
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
25Now my dayes are swifter then a Poste: they flee away, they see no good.
26They are passed away as the †‖swift ships: as the Eagle that hasteth to the pray.
- Psalms 102:11Rank 15 from verse 12
- Psalms 102:23–24Rank 16 from verse 12
23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
23†He weakened my strength in the way: he shortened my dayes.
24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my dayes: thy yeres are throughout all generations.
- Psalms 119:23Rank 17 from verse 12
- Psalms 31:22Rank 18 from verse 12
- Psalms 89:45–47Rank 19 from verse 12
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
45The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned: thou hast couered him with shame. Selah.
46How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?
47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vaine?
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Isaiah 38:12
Sense 1: A period of life or history; the length or stage of one's life. Sense 2: A generation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Left, went away, or moved from a place or person. 2. Ceased to remain, was removed, disappeared, or passed away. 3. Turned or separated from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. Left earthly life or this world.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remove, meaning to take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
A movable shelter or dwelling made of curtains, skins, or fabric supported by cords, poles, and stakes; by extension, a temporary habitation.
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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
One who weaves, especially one whose occupation is weaving.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of pine, meaning to waste, languish, or decline in strength or life.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Disease, illness, or a state of bodily weakness.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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11I 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.
11I said, I shal not see the LORD, euen the LORD in the land of the liuing: I shal behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12Mine 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.
12‖Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Selected passage13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon so will hee breake all my bones: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.