English Standard Version
Isaiah 38:7
7"This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:
Isaiah 38:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:
- New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken:
- New Living Translation (NLT)“‘And this is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised:
Context of Isaiah 38:7
5"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. 6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city. "This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised: 8Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. 9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 38:7 word by word
וְזֶה־לְּךָ֥ הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 38:7
- Isaiah 38:22Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?"
- Isaiah 7:11"Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
- Isaiah 37:30"And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Genesis 9:13I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
- Judges 6:17And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
- 2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?"
Commentaries on Isaiah 38:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And this shall be a sign unto thee - That is, a sign, or proof that God would do what he had promised, and that Hezekiah would recover and be permitted to go again to the temple of the Lord Isaiah 38:22; 2 Kings 20:8. On the meaning of the word sign,‘ see Isaiah 7:11, note; Isaiah 7:14, note; compare the note at Isaiah 37:30. The promise was, that he should be permitted to go to the temple in three days 2 Kings 20:5.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The story of Hezekiah’s healing connects two events. It links the extension of Hezekiah’s life with Jerusalem’s rescue from the Assyrians. These events happened before Jerusalem was saved. However, the book places them in this order because of their theme, not their time sequence. One main theme is the power of prayer (see Isaiah 37:14–20; 38:2–3). The Lord truly listens. Hezekiah learned to trust God. His father, Ahaz, had refused to trust the Lord…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. sign--a token that God would fulfil His promise that Hezekiah should "go up into the house of the Lord the third day" (2Ki 20:5, 8); the words in italics are not in Isaiah.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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