Parallel Verses

NET Bible

I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

New American Standard Bible

I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.

King James Version

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Holman Bible

I say: “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.

International Standard Version

I say, "My God, whose years continue through all generations, do not take me in the middle of my life.

A Conservative Version

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days. Thy years are throughout all generations.

American Standard Version

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

Amplified


I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;
Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

Darby Translation

I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation.

Julia Smith Translation

Saying, O my God, thou wilt not take me away in the half of my days: thy years in generations of generations.

King James 2000

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years [continue] throughout all generations.

Modern King James verseion

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Your years are through the generation of generations.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yet will I say, "O my God, take me not away in the midst of my age; as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations."

New Heart English Bible

I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

The Emphasized Bible

I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years;

Webster

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

World English Bible

I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

Youngs Literal Translation

I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years.

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Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days. 24 I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations. 25 In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.


Cross References

Habakkuk 1:12

Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.

Psalm 39:13

Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

Psalm 102:12

But you, O Lord, rule forever, and your reputation endures.

Job 36:26

"Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

Psalm 9:7

But the Lord rules forever; he reigns in a just manner.

Psalm 90:1-2

A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

Isaiah 38:10-22

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

Revelation 1:4

From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from "he who is," and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

Revelation 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God -- the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come -- the All-Powerful!

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