Isaiah 38:14

Isaiah 38:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
• New International Version (NIV)I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

Context of Isaiah 38:14

12My home here has gone, as easily as they pull down a shepherd's tent. God has cut off my life, like a piece of cloth that they have just made. They cut it off and they roll it up. As quickly as day becomes night, God brings my life to an end. 13I waited until morning would come. It seemed like God was breaking all my bones, like a lion does. As quickly as day becomes night, God brings my life to an end. I cry like a swallow. I make a sad noise like a dove. My eyes are weak as I look up to heaven for help. Lord God, save me from my trouble! 15I do not know what I can say. The Lord has told me what must happen. He has done what he decided to do. I will live quietly for the rest of my life, because I am very sad and upset. 16Lord God, your promises give life to people. May they give life to my spirit. Please make me well again and let me live.

Isaiah 38:14 word by word

כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Like a craneסוּסsûs sûs · swallowH5483
• a swallowעָגוּר‛âgûr · craneH5693
• so did I chatterצָפַףtsâphaph · to whisperH6850
• I did mournהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• as a doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• failדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• upwardמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I am oppressedעׇשְׁקָה‛oshqâh · oppressionH6234
• undertakeעָרַב‛ârab · to pledgeH6148

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:14

• Job 30:29I have become like the jackals and the ostriches. My sad voice sounds like them.
• Psalms 102:4I am very weak and upset, like dry grass that will soon die. I even forget to eat my food.
• Isaiah 59:11We all make a noise, like hungry bears. We make sad noises, like doves. We are waiting for God to bring justice to us, but nothing is happening. We look for his salvation, but it is still far away.
• Ezekiel 7:16Those who remain alive will escape. They will run to the mountains. They will be like doves that hunters have chased out of the valleys. They will cry aloud because of their sins.
• Nahum 2:7Nineveh's people must be led away to another country. They are ashamed. Her female slaves cry like doves and they hit themselves.
• Psalms 69:3I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak.
• Psalms 119:82As I wait for you to do what you have promised, my eyes are too tired to stay open. I ask, ‘When will you come to help me?’
• Psalms 123:1I look up to you, God, as you rule from your throne in heaven.
• Lamentations 4:17Our eyes became red as we watched. We were looking for help, but it did not come. The people from other countries could not save us.
• Psalms 119:122Promise to take care of me, your servant. Do not let proud people hurt me.
• Psalms 143:7Please answer me soon, Lord. I am losing my strength. Do not turn away from me. If you do, I will join those people who are going down into the deep hole of death.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Like - a swallow "Like the swallow" - כסיס kesis ; so read two MSS., Theodot., and Hieron. Mine eyes fail - For דלו dallu the Septuagint read כלו calu, . Compare Psalm 69:4; Psalm 119:82, Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 4:17, in the Hebrew and in the Septuagint. O Lord "O Lord" - For יהוה Jehovah, thirty MSS. and eight editions read אדני Adonai . Undertake for me "Contend for me" - עשקה ashekah, with ש shin, Jarchi: this sense of the word…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 38:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Crane
• Hezekiah
• Murmuring
• Oppression
• Psalms
• Swallow

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• Dove

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