Isaiah 38:13

Isaiah 38:13 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

Context of Isaiah 38:13

11I 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. 12My 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. I lay down until morning. Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones; From day until night You bring me to an end. 14Like 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. 15“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.

Isaiah 38:13 word by word

שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֙קֶר֙ כָּֽאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I reckonedשָׁוָהshâvâh · to setH7737
• till morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• as a lionאֲרִי'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• so will he breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• all my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• from dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• wilt thou make an endשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:13

• 1 Kings 13:24Now when he had gone, a lion met him by the road and killed him, and his body was thrown in the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion was also standing beside the body.
• 1 Kings 20:36Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.” And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.
• Job 10:16Should I lift my head up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your marvelous power against me.
• Job 16:12I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart, And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
• Psalms 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
• Psalms 51:8Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
• Daniel 6:24The king then gave a command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions, they, their children and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go on [tearing]; I will carry off [the prey] and there will be no one to rescue them.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The last line of the foregoing verse תשלימני לילה עד מיום miyom ad layelah tashlimeni, "In the course of the day thou wilt finish my web; "or, as the common version has it, "From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me, "is not repeated at the end of this verse in the Syriac version; and a MS. omits it. It seems to have been inserted a second time in the Hebrew text by mistake. I reckoned till morning, etc. "I roared until the morning like the lion"…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lord. A good man wishes not to live for any other end than that he may serve God, and have communion with him. Our present residence is like that of a shepherd in his hut, a poor, mean, and cold lodging, and with a trust committed to our charge, as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-20Hezekiah’s poem includes both lament (Isaiah 38:9–14) and praise (38:15–20). The praise remains restrained until the final verse.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Is 38:9 is the heading or inscription.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 38:13

• Death
• Hezekiah
• Lion
• Murmuring
• Psalms

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Commentaries on Isaiah 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings