Isaiah 38:22

Isaiah 38:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
• New International Version (NIV)Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”

Context of Isaiah 38:22

20Jehovah isreadyto save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah. 21Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?

Isaiah 38:22 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מָ֣ה א֑וֹת כִּ֥י אֶעֱלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:22

• 2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of Jehovah the third day?
• Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
• Psalms 84:1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
• Psalms 118:18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
• Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
• John 5:14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:22

• 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. 22Hezekiah could not visit the temple with an infection (see Leviticus 13). So, going to the temple means he is healthy again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. house of the Lord--Hence he makes the praises to be sung there prominent in his song (Is 38:20; Psa 116:12-14, 17-19).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 38:22

• Hezekiah

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Celebrate
• Reckon
• Undertake
• Boil (1)
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• Job, Book of
• Prophecy; Prophets

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