Isaiah 38:5

Isaiah 38:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.

Context of Isaiah 38:5

3and said, “Please, Lord, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept profusely. 4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 6And I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city.”’ 7“And this shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken:

Isaiah 38:5 word by word

הָל֞וֹךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ יוֹסִ֣ף עַל־יָמֶ֔יךָ חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• Thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of your fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• I have heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• your prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• your tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• I will addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• fifteenחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• fifteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• lifeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:5

• 2 Samuel 7:3Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.”
• 1 Chronicles 17:2Then Nathan said to David, “Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.”
• Isaiah 7:13Then he said, “Listen now, house of David! Is it too trivial a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
• 1 Kings 8:25Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not be deprived of a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful about their way, to walk before Me as you have walked.’
• 1 Kings 9:4As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and honesty, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My ordinances,
• 1 Kings 11:12However, I will not do it in your days, only for the sake of your father David; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son.
• 1 Kings 15:4But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem,
• 2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.
• Psalms 89:3“I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to My servant David,
• Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
• 2 Kings 19:20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.’
• Psalms 34:5They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
• Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John.
• 1 John 5:14This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
• Psalms 39:12“Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; Do not be silent to my tears; For I am a stranger with You, One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
• Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my miseries; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The God of David thy father - David is mentioned here, probably, because Hezekiah had a strong resemblance to him 2 Kings 18:3, and because a long and happy reign had been granted to David; and also because the promise had been made to David that there should not fail a man to sit on his throne (see the note at Isaiah 37:35). As Hezekiah resembled David, God promised that his reign should be lengthened out; and as he perhaps was then without a son and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5the God of your father David: Hezekiah followed David's example with faithfulness (see Isaiah 37:35; 38:1–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. God of David thy father--God remembers the covenant with the father to the children (Ex 20:5; Psa 89:28, 29). tears--(Psa 56:8). days ... years--Man's years, however many, are but as so many days (Ge 5:27).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 38:5

• Disease
• Hezekiah
• Tears

In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• Hezekiah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Celebrate
• Reckon
• Undertake
• Chronicles, Books of
• Day
• Death

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