Isaiah 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 In those days has Hezekiah been sick to death, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, comes to him and says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Give a charge to your house, for you [are] dying, and do not live.” In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.” In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
2 And Hezekiah turns around his face to the wall, and prays to YHWH, Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3 and says, “Ah, now, O YHWH, please remember how I have habitually walked before You in truth, and with a perfect heart, and I have done that which [is] good in your eyes”; and Hezekiah weeps [with] a great weeping. and said, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. “Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 And a word of YHWH is to Isaiah, saying, Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:
5 “Go, and you have said to Hezekiah, Thus said YHWH, God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tear, behold, I am adding fifteen years to your days, “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.
6 and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver you and this city, and have covered over this city. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 And this [is] to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH does this thing that He has spoken. “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised: “’This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised:
8 Behold, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it has gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees”; and the sun turns back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down. Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick when he revives from his sickness: A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 “I said in the cutting off of my days, || I go to the gates of Sheol, || I have numbered the remnant of my years. I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years. I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”
11 I said, I do not see YAH—YAH! In the land of the living, || I do not behold man anymore, || With the inhabitants of the world. I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. I said, “I will not again see the LORD himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 My sojourning has departed, || And been removed from me as a shepherd’s tent, || I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, || By weakness it cuts me off, || From day to night You end me. My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.
13 I have set [Him] as a lion until morning, || So He breaks all my bones, || From day to night You end me. I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end. I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.
14 As a crane—a swallow—so I chatter, || I mourn as a dove, || My eyes have been drawn up on high, || O YHWH, oppression [is] on me, be my guarantor. Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
15 What do I say? Seeing He spoke to me, || And He Himself has worked, || I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul. What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.
16 Lord, [men] live by these, || And by all in them [is] the life of my spirit, || And You save me, make me to also live, O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live! Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.
17 Behold, He changed bitterness to peace for me, || And You have delighted in my soul without corruption, || For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
18 For Sheol does not confess You, || Death does not praise You, || Those going down to the pit do not hope for Your truth. For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living, he confesses You, The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.
20 Like myself today; A father makes known to [his] sons of Your faithfulness, || O YHWH—to save me: And we sing my songs all [the] days of our lives || In the house of YHWH.” 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. The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD.
21 And Isaiah says, “Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he lives.” Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 And Hezekiah says, “What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of YHWH?” Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?” Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?”
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