New King James Version
Isaiah 38:7
7And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken:
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:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:
- 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 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. 6I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.” ’ And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken: 8“Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down. 9This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 38:7
- Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
- Isaiah 7:11“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”
- Isaiah 37:30“This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
- Genesis 9:13I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- Judges 6:17Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.
- 2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord 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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