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 never see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living; I will not look on humanity any longer with the inhabitants of what is passing away. 12My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he cuts me off from the loom. By nightfall you make an end of me. I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion. By nightfall you make an end of me. 14I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me. 15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk along slowly 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 13:24When he left, a lion attacked him along the way and killed him. His corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it; the lion was standing beside the corpse too.
• 1 Kings 20:36He told him, “Because you did not listen to the Lord, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
• Job 10:16If I am proud, you hunt me like a lion and again display your miraculous power against me.
• Job 16:12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the scruff of the neck and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target;
• Psalms 39:10Remove your torment from me. Because of the force of your hand I am finished.
• Psalms 50:22“Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
• Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
• Daniel 6:24The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den — they, their children, and their wives. They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
• Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart. I will carry them off, and no one can rescue them.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

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