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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.

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דּוֹרִ֗יdoriageדּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “age”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.נִסַּ֧עnisacause to blowנָסַעverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cause to blow”, a completed actionH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause 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.וְנִגְלָ֛הveniglahand exileגָּלָהconjunction, verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and exile”, a completed actionH1540to 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.מִנִּ֖יminifrom fromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.כְּאֹ֣הֶלkeohelas tentאֹהֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as tent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.רֹעִ֑יroishipherdרֹעִיverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “shipherd”, a verb used as a describing wordH7473pastoral; as noun, a shepherdshipherd.קִפַּ֨דְתִּיqipadticut offקָפַדverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cut off”, a completed actionH7088to contract, i.e. roll togethercut off.כָאֹרֵ֤גkhaoregas weaverאָרַגpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “as weaver”, a verb used as a describing wordH707to plait or weaveweaver(-r).חַיַּי֙chayaylifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; 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.מִדַּלָּ֣הmidalahfrom hairדַּלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from hair”, the ordinary formH1803properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigenthair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִיyevatsenifinishבָּצַעverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “finish”, an unfinished actionH1214figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop(be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.מִיּ֥וֹםmiomfrom as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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) lon…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.לַ֖יְלָהlaylahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִיtashlimenimake amendsשָׁלַםverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “make amends”, an unfinished actionH7999to 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] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My habitation is plucked up and 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 thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

Darby Translation

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: — from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Douay-Rheims

My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd’s tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he out me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My life has failed from among my kindred: I have parted with the remainder of my life: it has gone forth and departed from me, as one that having pitched a tent takes it down again : my breath was with me as a weaver's web, when she that weaves draws nigh to cut off the thread.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέλιπεν ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας μου, κατέλιπον τὸ ἐπίλοιπον τῆς ζωῆς μου, ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ὥσπερ ὁ σκηνὴν καταλύων πήξας· ὡς ἱστὸς τὸ πνεῦμά μου παρʼ ἐμοὶ ἐγένετο, ἐρίθου ἐγγιζούσης ἐκτεμεῖν.