Isaiah 38:20

Isaiah 38:20 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”

Context of Isaiah 38:20

18For Sheol cannot thank you; Death cannot praise you. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. 19The living, only the living can thank you, as I do today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children. The Lord is ready to save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the Lord. 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover.” 22And Hezekiah had asked, “What is the sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

Isaiah 38:20 word by word

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• me: therefore we will sing my songsנְגִינָהnegîynâh negîynath · musicH5058
• to the stringed instrumentsנָגַןnâgan · to playH5059
• all the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of our lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:20

• Psalms 9:13Be gracious to me, Lord; consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me. Lift me up from the gates of death,
• Psalms 27:5For he will conceal me in his shelter in the day of adversity; he will hide me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
• Psalms 30:11You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
• Psalms 51:15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
• Psalms 66:13I will enter your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows
• Psalms 145:2I will bless you every day; I will praise your name forever and ever.
• Psalms 150:4Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and flute.
• Habakkuk 3:19The Lord my Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights! For the choir director: on stringed instruments.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:20

• 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 38:20

• Harp
• Hezekiah
• Life
• Psalms
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Stringed, Instruments
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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