Isaiah 38:1

AMP: In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “For the Lord says this, ‘Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.’ ” [2 Kin 20:1-11; 2 Chr 32:24-26]

ASV: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

BSB: In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

DARBY: In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

DRA: In those days Ezechias was sick even to death, and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet came unto him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.

KJV: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

Isaiah 38:2

AMP: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

ASV: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,

BSB: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

DARBY: And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,

DRA: And Ezechias turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,

KJV: Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

Isaiah 38:3

AMP: and said, “Please, O Lord, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept greatly.

ASV: and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

BSB: saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

DARBY: and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

DRA: And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.

KJV: And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Isaiah 38:4

AMP: Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

ASV: Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,

BSB: And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

DARBY: And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

DRA: And the word of the Lord came to Isaias, saying:

KJV: Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

Isaiah 38:5

AMP: “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘For the Lord, the God of David your father says this, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; listen carefully, I will add fifteen years to your life.

ASV: Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

BSB: “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

DARBY: Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.

DRA: Go and say to Ezechias: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: behold I will add to thy days fifteen years:

KJV: Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Isaiah 38:6

AMP: I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem].” ’

ASV: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

BSB: And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

DARBY: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

DRA: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.

KJV: And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

Isaiah 38:7

AMP: “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken:

ASV: And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

BSB: This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

DARBY: And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

DRA: And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken:

KJV: And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

Isaiah 38:8

AMP: Listen carefully, I will turn the shadow on the stairway [denoting the time of day] ten steps backward, the shadow on the stairway (sundial) of Ahaz.” And the sunlight went ten steps backward on the stairway where it had [previously] gone down.

ASV: behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

BSB: I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’”So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

DARBY: behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.

DRA: Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.

KJV: Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Isaiah 38:9

AMP: This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:

ASV: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

BSB: This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

DARBY: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

DRA: The writing of Ezechias king of Juda, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

KJV: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

Isaiah 38:10

AMP: I said, “In mid-lifeI am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”

ASV: I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

BSB: I said, “In the prime of my lifeI must go through the gates of Sheoland be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

DARBY: I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

DRA: I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

KJV: I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Isaiah 38:11

AMP: I said, “I will not see the Lord,The Lord in the land of the living;I will no longer see man among the inhabitants of the world.

ASV: I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

BSB: I said, “I will never again see the LORD,even the LORD, in the land of the living;I will no longer look on mankindwith those who dwell in this world.

DARBY: I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

DRA: I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.

KJV: I 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.

Isaiah 38:12

AMP: “My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent;I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web].He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom];From day to night You bring me to an end.

ASV: 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.

BSB: My dwelling has been picked up and removed from melike 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.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: 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.

KJV: 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.

Isaiah 38:13

AMP: “I lay down until morning.Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones;From day until night You bring me to an end.

ASV: I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

BSB: I composed myself until the morning.Like a lion He breaks all my bones;from day until night You make an end of me.

DARBY: I kept still until the morning; as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

DRA: I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

KJV: I 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.

Isaiah 38:14

AMP: “Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp;I coo like a dove.My eyes look wistfully upward;O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.

ASV: Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

BSB: I chirp like a swallow or crane;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weak as I look upward.O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

DARBY: Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

DRA: I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.

KJV: Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Isaiah 38:15

AMP: ¶“What shall I say?For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

ASV: What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

BSB: What can I say?He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this.I will walk slowly all my yearsbecause of the anguish of my soul.

DARBY: What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

DRA: What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

KJV: What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 38:16

AMP: “O Lord, by these things men live,And in all these is the life of my spirit;Restore me to health and let me live!

ASV: O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

BSB: O Lord, by such things men live,and in all of them my spirit finds life.You have restored me to healthand have let me live.

DARBY: Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.

DRA: O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.

KJV: O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

Isaiah 38:17

AMP: “Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

ASV: Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

BSB: Surely for my own welfareI had such great anguish;but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion,for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

DARBY: Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

DRA: Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou best delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

KJV: Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Isaiah 38:18

AMP: “For Sheol cannot praise or thank You,Death cannot praise You and rejoice in You;Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

ASV: For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

BSB: For Sheol cannot thank You;Death cannot praise You.Those who descend to the Pitcannot hope for Your faithfulness.

DARBY: For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

DRA: For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.

KJV: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Isaiah 38:19

AMP: “It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

ASV: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

BSB: The living, only the living, can thank You,as I do today;fathers will tell their childrenabout Your faithfulness.

DARBY: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

DRA: The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.

KJV: The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Isaiah 38:20

AMP: “The Lord is ready to save me;Therefore we will play my songs on stringed instrumentsAll the days of our lives at the house of the Lord.”

ASV: Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

BSB: The LORD will save me;we will play songs on stringed instrumentsall the days of our livesin the house of the LORD.

DARBY: Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.

DRA: O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

KJV: The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 38:21

AMP: Now Isaiah had said, “Have them take a cake of figs and rub it [as an ointment] on the inflamed spot, that he may recover.”

ASV: Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

BSB: Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

DARBY: Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

DRA: Now Isaias had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as it plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

KJV: For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Isaiah 38:22

AMP: Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”

ASV: Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?

BSB: And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

DARBY: And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?

DRA: And Ezechias bed said: What shah be the sign that I shah go up to the house of the Lord?

KJV: Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

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