New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 38:20
20The Lord is certain to save me; So we will 1play my songs on stringed instruments 2All the days of our life 3at the house of the Lord.”
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. 19It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness. The Lord is certain to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the Lord.” 21Now Isaiah had said, “Have them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.” 22Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 38:20 word by word
יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 38:20
- Psalms 9:13Be gracious to me, Lord; See my oppression from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalms 27:5For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.
- Psalms 30:11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,
- Psalms 51:15Lord, open my lips, So that my mouth may declare Your praise.
- Psalms 66:13I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows,
- Psalms 145:2Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- Psalms 150:4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Lord God is my strength, And He has made my feet like deer’s feet, And has me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my 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
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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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