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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,

Context of Isaiah 38:5

3“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: “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. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. 7“ ‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:

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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:5

• 2 Samuel 7:3Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.”
• 1 Chronicles 17:2Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.”
• Isaiah 7:13Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
• 1 Kings 8:25“Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’
• 1 Kings 9:4“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,
• 1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
• 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
• 2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.
• Psalms 89:3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,
• 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 son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
• Psalms 34:5Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
• Luke 1:13But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
• 1 John 5:14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
• Psalms 39:12“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
• Psalms 56:8Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll— are they not in your record?

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