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World English Bible

Isaiah 38 (WEBP)

[1] In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”
[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,
[3] and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
[4] Then Yahweh’s word came to Isaiah, saying,
[5] “Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
[6] I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
[7] This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.
[8] Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
[9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
[10] I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
[11] I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
[12] My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
[13] I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
[14] I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”
[15] What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
[16] Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.
[17] Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
[18] For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
[19] The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
[20] Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
[21] Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
[22] Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”

Isaiah 38:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Isaiah 38:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 38 (KJVS)

[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
[3] and said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
[4] Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
[5] 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.
[6] And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
[7] And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
[8] Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
[9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
[10] I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
[11] I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
[12] Mine 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.
[13] 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.
[14] Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
[15] What 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.
[16] O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these things is the life of my spirit: So wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
[17] Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
[18] For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
[19] The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
[20] 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.
[21] For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
[22] Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

Isaiah 38:1 Heb. give charge concerning thy house
Isaiah 38:3 Heb. with great weeping
Isaiah 38:14 Or, ease me
Isaiah 38:17a Or, on my peace came great bitterness
Isaiah 38:17b Heb. thou hast loved me from the pit

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 38 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ () ἐμαλακίσθη Εζεκιας () ἕως () θανάτου· () καὶ () ἦλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Ησαιας () υἱὸς () Αμως () ὁ () προφήτης () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Τάξαι () περὶ () τοῦ () οἴκου () σου, () ἀποθνῄσκεις () γὰρ () σὺ () καὶ () οὐ () ζήσῃ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστρεψεν () Εζεκιας () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () τοῖχον () καὶ () προσηύξατο () πρὸς () κύριον ()
[3] λέγων () Μνήσθητι, () κύριε, () ὡς () ἐπορεύθην () ἐνώπιόν () σου () μετὰ () ἀληθείας () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () ἀληθινῇ () καὶ () τὰ () ἀρεστὰ () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ἐποίησα· () καὶ () ἔκλαυσεν () Εζεκιας () κλαυθμῷ () μεγάλῳ. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ησαιαν () λέγων ()
[5] Πορεύθητι () καὶ () εἰπὸν () Εζεκια () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πατρός () σου () Ἤκουσα () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῆς () προσευχῆς () σου () καὶ () εἶδον () τὰ () δάκρυά σου· () ἰδοὺ () προστίθημι () πρὸς () τὸν () χρόνον () σου () ἔτη () δέκα () πέντε· ()
[6] καὶ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () βασιλέως () Ἀσσυρίων σώσω () σε () καὶ () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () πόλεως () ταύτης () ὑπερασπιῶ.
[7] Τοῦτο () δέ () σοι () τὸ () σημεῖον () παρὰ () κυρίου () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () ποιήσει () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο· ()
[8] τὴν () σκιὰν () τῶν () ἀναβαθμῶν, () οὓς () κατέβη () ὁ () ἥλιος, () τοὺς () δέκα () ἀναβαθμοὺς () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () σου, () ἀποστρέψω () τὸν () ἥλιον () τοὺς () δέκα () ἀναβαθμούς. () Καὶ () ἀνέβη () ὁ () ἥλιος () τοὺς () δέκα () ἀναβαθμούς, () οὓς () κατέβη () ἡ () σκιά. ()
[9] Προσευχὴ () Εζεκιου () βασιλέως () τῆς () Ιουδαίας, () ἡνίκα () ἐμαλακίσθη καὶ () ἀνέστη () ἐκ () τῆς () μαλακίας () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Ἐγὼ () εἶπα () Ἐν () τῷ () ὕψει () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () μου () ἐν () πύλαις () ᾅδου () καταλείψω () τὰ () ἔτη () τὰ () ἐπίλοιπα. ()
[11] Εἶπα () Οὐκέτι () μὴ () ἴδω () τὸ () σωτήριον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () οὐκέτι () μὴ () ἴδω () ἄνθρωπον ()
[12] ἐκ () τῆς () συγγενείας () μου. () Κατέλιπον () τὸ () λοιπὸν () τῆς () ζωῆς () μου· () ἐξῆλθεν () καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () ὥσπερ () ὁ () καταλύων () σκηνὴν () πήξας, () τὸ () πνεῦμά () μου () παρ’ () ἐμοὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἱστὸς ἐρίθου ἐγγιζούσης () ἐκτεμεῖν. Ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () παρεδόθην ()
[13] ἕως () πρωῒ () ὡς () λέοντι· () οὕτως () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () μου () συνέτριψεν, () ἀπὸ () γὰρ () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ἕως () τῆς () νυκτὸς () παρεδόθην. ()
[14] Ὡς () χελιδών, οὕτως () φωνήσω, () καὶ () ὡς () περιστερά, () οὕτως () μελετήσω· () ἐξέλιπον () γάρ () μου () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () τοῦ () βλέπειν () εἰς () τὸ () ὕψος () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () κύριον, () ὃς () ἐξείλατό () με ()
[15] καὶ () ἀφείλατό () μου () τὴν () ὀδύνην () τῆς () ψυχῆς. ()
[16] Κύριε, () περὶ () αὐτῆς () γὰρ () ἀνηγγέλη () σοι, () καὶ () ἐξήγειράς () μου () τὴν () πνοήν, () καὶ () παρακληθεὶς () ἔζησα. ()
[17] Εἵλου () γάρ () μου () τὴν () ψυχήν, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀπόληται, () καὶ () ἀπέρριψας () ὀπίσω () μου () πάσας () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () μου. ()
[18] Οὐ () γὰρ () οἱ () ἐν () ᾅδου () αἰνέσουσίν () σε, () οὐδὲ () οἱ () ἀποθανόντες () εὐλογήσουσίν () σε, () οὐδὲ () ἐλπιοῦσιν () οἱ () ἐν () ᾅδου () τὴν () ἐλεημοσύνην () σου· ()
[19] οἱ () ζῶντως () εὐλογήσουσίν () σε () ὃν () τρόπον () κἀγώ. () Ἀπὸ () γὰρ () τῆς () σήμερον () παιδία () ποιήσω, () ἃ () ἀναγγελοῦσιν () τὴν () δικαιοσύνην () σου, ()
[20] κύριε () τῆς () σωτηρίας () μου· () καὶ () οὐ () παύσομαι () εὐλογῶν () σε () μετὰ () ψαλτηρίου πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () μου () κατέναντι () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ησαιας () πρὸς () Εζεκιαν () Λαβὲ () παλάθην ἐκ () σύκων () καὶ () τρῖψον καὶ () κατάπλασαι, καὶ () ὑγιὴς () ἔσῃ. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Εζεκιας () Τοῦτο () τὸ () σημεῖον, () ὅτι () ἀναβήσομαι () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.