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 Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. 19The living, the living—they praise You— as I do today. A father makes Your faithfulness known to his children. Adonai will save me. So we will play my songs on stringed instruments all the days of our life in the House of Adonai.” 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and apply it to the boil, and he will live.” 22Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the House of Adonai?”

Isaiah 38:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 9:13He who avenges blood remembers. He will not forget the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His sukkah, conceal me in the shelter of His tent, and set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 30:11Hear, Adonai, and be gracious to me. Adonai, be my help.”
• Psalms 51:15Then will I teach transgressors Your ways and sinners will return to You.
• Psalms 66:13With burnt offerings I will come to Your House, fulfilling my vows to You
• Psalms 145:2Every day I will bless You, and praise Your Name forever and ever!
• Psalms 150:4Praise Him with tambourine and dance. Praise Him with string instruments and flute.
• Habakkuk 3:19Adonai my Lord, is my strength. He has made my feet like a deer’s, and will make me walk on my high places. For the choir director: 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

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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