Isaiah 38:20

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 the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. Yhwh 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 Yhwh. 21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Yhwh?

Isaiah 38:20 word by word

יְהוָ֖ה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּנְגִנוֹתַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֵּ֖ינוּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• me: therefore we will sing my songsנְגִינָהnegîynâh negîynath · musicH5058
• to the stringed instrumentsנָגַןnâgan · to playH5059
• all the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of our lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:20

• Psalms 9:13Have mercy upon me, O Yhwh; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
• Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
• Psalms 51:15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
• Psalms 66:13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
• Psalms 145:2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
• Psalms 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
• Habakkuk 3:19Yhwh God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer 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

Topics related to Isaiah 38:20

• Harp
• Hezekiah
• Life
• Psalms
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Stringed, Instruments
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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