Isaiah 38:13

Isaiah 38:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
• New International Version (NIV)I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

Context of Isaiah 38:13

11I said, I shall not see Yah, even Yah, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Yhwh, I am oppressed; undertake for me. 15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 38:13 word by word

שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד־בֹּ֙קֶר֙ כָּֽאֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑י מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• I reckonedשָׁוָהshâvâh · to setH7737
• till morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• as a lionאֲרִי'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• so will he breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• all my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• from dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• wilt thou make an endשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:13

• 1 Kings 13:24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
• 1 Kings 20:36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Yhwh, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
• Job 10:16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
• Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
• Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
• Daniel 6:24And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
• Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The last line of the foregoing verse תשלימני לילה עד מיום miyom ad layelah tashlimeni, "In the course of the day thou wilt finish my web; "or, as the common version has it, "From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me, "is not repeated at the end of this verse in the Syriac version; and a MS. omits it. It seems to have been inserted a second time in the Hebrew text by mistake. I reckoned till morning, etc. "I roared until the morning like the lion"…Read the comment
• 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

Topics related to Isaiah 38:13

• Death
• Hezekiah
• Lion
• Murmuring
• Psalms

In the dictionaries

• Celebrate
• Hezekiah
• Poetry
• Reckon
• Undertake
• Chronicles, Books of
• End
• Hezekiah (2)
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• Job, Book of

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