Isaiah 38:13
New International Version
I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.

New Living Translation
I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.

English Standard Version
I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.

Berean Standard Bible
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

New American Standard Bible
“I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.

NASB 1995
“I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion— so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.

NASB 1977
“I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones, From day until night Thou dost make an end of me.

Legacy Standard Bible
I soothed my soul until morning. Like a lion—so He shatters all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

Amplified Bible
“I lay down until morning. Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones; From day until night You bring me to an end.

Christian Standard Bible
I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion. By nightfall you make an end of me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion; You make an end of me day and night.

American Standard Version
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
(Peshitta lacks this verse.)

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night.

Contemporary English Version
Until morning came, I thought you would crush my bones just like a hungry lion; both night and day you make a wreck of me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

English Revised Version
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day.

Good News Translation
All night I cried out with pain, As if a lion were breaking my bones. I thought that God was ending my life.

International Standard Version
I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones— day and night you make an end of me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The more I make myself like unto a lion until morning, The more it breaketh all my bones; From day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.

Literal Standard Version
I have set [Him] as a lion until morning, | So He breaks all my bones, | From day to night You end me.

Majority Standard Bible
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

New American Bible
I cry out even until the dawn. Like a lion he breaks all my bones; from morning to night you make an end of me.

NET Bible
I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

New Revised Standard Version
I cry for help until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
I have set Him till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me. 13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me. 14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”…

Cross References
Job 10:16
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Psalm 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Psalm 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Lamentations 3:4
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

Daniel 6:24
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions--they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.


Treasury of Scripture

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night will you make an end of me.

as a lion

1 Kings 13:24-26
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase…

1 Kings 20:36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, 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 10:16,17
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me…

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Isaiah 38
1. Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened
8. The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise
9. His song of thanksgiving.














(13) I reckoned till morning . . .--Better, I quieted myself, as in Psalm 131:2. He threw himself into the calm submission of the weaned child; yet when the morning came there was a fresh access of suffering. Life had been prolonged, contrary to his expectations; but it was only for renewed agony. Surely that would end his sufferings.

Verse 13. - I reckoned till morning, etc.; i.e. "I lay thinking till the morning, that God would crush me as a lion crushes his prey - I expected him all day long to make an end of me."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I composed myself
שִׁוִּ֤יתִי (šiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the morning.
בֹּ֙קֶר֙ (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

Like a lion
כָּֽאֲרִ֔י (kā·’ă·rî)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

He breaks
יְשַׁבֵּ֖ר (yə·šab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

my bones;
עַצְמוֹתָ֑י (‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

from day
מִיּ֥וֹם (mî·yō·wm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

night
לַ֖יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

You make an end of me.
תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃ (taš·lî·mê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate


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