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Isaiah 38:4

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Disease;   Hezekiah;   Prophecy;   Tears;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hezekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Natural;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dial;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ararat;   Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Life;   Papyrus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
Hebrew Names Version
Then came the word of the LORD to Yesha`yahu, saying,
King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to Isaiah:
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
World English Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh to Isaiah, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord sent me
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to Yesha‘yahu:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Isaiah received this message from the Lord :
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord commanded Isaiah
Lexham English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying,
Literal Translation
Then the Word of Jehovah was to Isaiah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde God vnto Esay:
American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde God vnto Esai,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Esaias, saying, Go, and say to Ezekias,
English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Isaie, and seide,
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord told Isaiah,
New King James Version
And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
New Living Translation
Then this message came to Isaiah from the Lord :
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto, Isaiah, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Isaias, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:
Young's Literal Translation
And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Then God told Isaiah, "Go and speak with Hezekiah. Give him this Message from me, God , the God of your ancestor David: ‘I've heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Here's what I'll do: I'll add fifteen years to your life. And I'll save both you and this city from the king of Assyria. I have my hand on this city.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near. 2 And Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, made his prayer to the Lord, saying, 3 O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping. 4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life. 6 And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town. 7 And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said: 8 See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:24 - gave him a sign

Cross-References

Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah,.... Before he had got out into the middle court, 2 Kings 20:4:

saying, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord - In the parallel place in 2 Kings 20:4, it is said, ‘And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came unto him.’ That is, the message of God name to Isaiah before he had left Hezekiah; or as soon as he had offered his prayer. This circumstance is omitted by Isaiah on the revision of his narrative which we have before us. But there is no contradiction. In this place it is implied that the message came to him soon, or immediately.


 
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