American Standard Version
Isaiah 38:5
5Go, 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.
Isaiah 38:5 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.
Context of Isaiah 38:5
3and 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. 4Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, 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. 6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city. 7And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 38:5 word by word
הָל֞וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ יוֹסִ֣ף עַל־יָמֶ֔יךָ חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear
- Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
- Thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
- seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
- addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
Cross-references for Isaiah 38:5
- 2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee.
- 1 Chronicles 17:2And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
- Isaiah 7:13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?
- 1 Kings 8:25Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
- 1 Kings 9:4And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;
- 1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
- 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless for David’s sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
- 2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
- Psalms 89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
- Matthew 22:32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
- 2 Kings 19:20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee.
- Psalms 34:5They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
- 1 John 5:14And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
- Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
- Psalms 56:8Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?
Commentaries on Isaiah 38:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The God of David thy father - David is mentioned here, probably, because Hezekiah had a strong resemblance to him 2 Kings 18:3, and because a long and happy reign had been granted to David; and also because the promise had been made to David that there should not fail a man to sit on his throne (see the note at Isaiah 37:35). As Hezekiah resembled David, God promised that his reign should be lengthened out; and as he perhaps was then without a son and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5the God of your father David: Hezekiah followed David's example with faithfulness (see Isaiah 37:35; 38:1–22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. God of David thy father--God remembers the covenant with the father to the children (Ex 20:5; Psa 89:28, 29). tears--(Psa 56:8). days ... years--Man's years, however many, are but as so many days (Ge 5:27).Read the comment
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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
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