Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,

New American Standard Bible

Their soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.

King James Version

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Holman Bible

They loathed all food
and came near the gates of death.

International Standard Version

They loathed all food, and even reached the gates of death.

A Conservative Version

Their soul abhors all manner of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.

American Standard Version

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

Amplified


They detested all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.

Bible in Basic English

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

Darby Translation

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

Julia Smith Translation

Their soul will abhor all food, and they will draw near to the gates of death.

King James 2000

Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Their soul abhorred all food, and they approached [the] gates of death.

Modern King James verseion

Their soul hates all kinds of food; and they draw near the gates of death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

NET Bible

They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death.

New Heart English Bible

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

The Emphasized Bible

All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death,

Webster

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.

World English Bible

Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

תּעב 
Ta`ab 
Usage: 22

אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

and they draw near
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

unto the gates
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Thanksgiving To Yahweh For His Of Deliverance

17 Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves. 18 All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, 19 And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them,


Cross References

Psalm 88:3

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

Psalm 9:13

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

Job 33:19-22

And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.

Job 38:17

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

Isaiah 38:10

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.

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