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2 Kings 20:7
Isaiah then said, "Prepare a plaster of figs." They prepared the plaster, applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah was on his way to recovery.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.
Hebrew Names Version
Yesha`yahu said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Yesha`yahu said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
King James Version
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
English Standard Version
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
New Century Version
Then Isaiah said, "Make a paste from figs." So they made it and put it on Hezekiah's boil, and he got well.
Then Isaiah said, "Make a paste from figs." So they made it and put it on Hezekiah's boil, and he got well.
New English Translation
Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.
Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.
Amplified Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered."
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered."
New American Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took it and placed it on the inflamed spot, and he recovered.
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took it and placed it on the inflamed spot, and he recovered.
World English Bible
Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.
Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he was restored to life.
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he was restored to life.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
Contemporary English Version
Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, "Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well."
Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, "Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yesha‘yahu said, "Prepare a fig-plaster." They brought it and laid it on the inflammation, so that he would recover.
Then Yesha‘yahu said, "Prepare a fig-plaster." They brought it and laid it on the inflammation, so that he would recover.
Darby Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Isaiah said, "Crush figs together and put them on your sore; you will get well." So they took the mixture of figs and put it on Hezekiah's sore place, and he got well.
Then Isaiah said, "Crush figs together and put them on your sore; you will get well." So they took the mixture of figs and put it on Hezekiah's sore place, and he got well.
George Lamsa Translation
And Isaiah said. Let them take a cake of figs and lay it on the boil and he shall recover.
And Isaiah said. Let them take a cake of figs and lay it on the boil and he shall recover.
Good News Translation
Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well.
Then Isaiah told the king's attendants to put on his boil a paste made of figs, and he would get well.
Lexham English Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs," so they took and put it on the skin sores, and he lived.
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs," so they took and put it on the skin sores, and he lived.
Literal Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs; and they took and laid it on the boil; and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs; and they took and laid it on the boil; and he recovered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Esay sayde: Bringe hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, and it was healed.
And Esay sayde: Bringe hither a quantite of fygges. And whan they broughte them, they layed them vpon the sore, and it was healed.
American Standard Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Bible in Basic English
Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.
Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Isai sayd: Take a lumpe of dried figges. And they toke and layed it on the sore, and he recouered.
And Isai sayd: Take a lumpe of dried figges. And they toke and layed it on the sore, and he recouered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
King James Version (1611)
And Isaiah said, Take a lumpe of figs. And they tooke and layd it on the boile, and he recouered.
And Isaiah said, Take a lumpe of figs. And they tooke and layd it on the boile, and he recouered.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.
And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.
English Revised Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ysaie seide, Brynge ye to me a gobet of figis. And whanne thei hadden brouyte it, and hadde putte on `his botche, he was heelid.
And Ysaie seide, Brynge ye to me a gobet of figis. And whanne thei hadden brouyte it, and hadde putte on `his botche, he was heelid.
Update Bible Version
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
New King James Version
Then Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Then Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
New Living Translation
Then Isaiah said, "Make an ointment from figs." So Hezekiah's servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered!
Then Isaiah said, "Make an ointment from figs." So Hezekiah's servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered!
New Life Bible
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a loaf made of figs. Have them take and lay it on the sore on Hezekiah's body. Then he will be well again." And they took and laid it on the boil and he was healed.
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a loaf made of figs. Have them take and lay it on the sore on Hezekiah's body. Then he will be well again." And they took and laid it on the boil and he was healed.
New Revised Standard
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs. Let them take it and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover."
Then Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs. Let them take it and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Isaiah said - Take ye a cake of figs. So they took and laid it upon the boil, and he recovered,
And Isaiah said - Take ye a cake of figs. So they took and laid it upon the boil, and he recovered,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.
And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.
Revised Standard Version
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
Young's Literal Translation
And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth.
And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
Contextual Overview
1 Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz paid him a visit and said, "Put your affairs in order; you're about to die—you haven't long to live." 2Hezekiah turned from Isaiah and faced God , praying: Remember, O God , who I am, what I've done! I've lived an honest life before you, My heart's been true and steady, I've lived to please you; lived for your approval. And then the tears flowed. Hezekiah wept. 4Isaiah, leaving, was not halfway across the courtyard when the word of God stopped him: "Go back and tell Hezekiah, prince of my people, ‘ God 's word, Hezekiah! From the God of your ancestor David: I've listened to your prayer and I've observed your tears. I'm going to heal you. In three days you will walk on your own legs into The Temple of God . I've just added fifteen years to your life; I'm saving you from the king of Assyria, and I'm covering this city with my shield—for my sake and my servant David's sake.'" 7 Isaiah then said, "Prepare a plaster of figs." They prepared the plaster, applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah was on his way to recovery. 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "How do I know whether this is of God and not just the fig plaster? What confirming sign is there that God is healing me and that in three days I'll walk into The Temple of God on my own legs?" 9 "This will be your sign from God ," said Isaiah, "that God is doing what he said he'd do: Do you want the shadow to advance ten degrees on the sundial or go back ten degrees? You choose." 10 Hezekiah said, "It would be easy to make the sun's shadow advance ten degrees. Make it go back ten degrees." 11 So Isaiah called out in prayer to God , and the shadow went back ten degrees on Ahaz's sundial.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Take a lump: 2 Kings 2:20-22, 2 Kings 4:41, Isaiah 38:21
the boil: The word shechin, from the Arabic sachana, to be hot, signifies an inflammatory tumour, or burning boil; and some think that Hezekiah's malady was a pleurisy; others, that it was the plague; and others, the elephantiasis, a species of leprosy, as one of the Hexapla versions renders in Job 2:7. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or dismiss any obstinate inflammatory swelling; but we need not discuss its propriety in this case, because it was as much the means which God chose to bless for his recovery, as the clay which Christ moistened to anoint the eyes of the blind man; for in both cases, without Divine interposition the cure could not have been effected.
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:18 - a boil 2 Kings 20:5 - I will heal Hebrews 11:34 - out of Revelation 13:14 - they
Cross-References
Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Genesis 20:3
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman."
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman."
Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this."
Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this."
Genesis 20:6
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family."
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family."
Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish."
Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish."
Genesis 20:16
And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated."
And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated."
Exodus 7:1
God told Moses, "Look at me. I'll make you as a god to Pharaoh and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will tell it to Pharaoh. Then he will release the Israelites from his land. At the same time I am going to put Pharaoh's back up and follow it up by filling Egypt with signs and wonders. Pharaoh is not going to listen to you, but I will have my way against Egypt and bring out my soldiers, my people the Israelites, from Egypt by mighty acts of judgment. The Egyptians will realize that I am God when I step in and take the Israelites out of their country."
God told Moses, "Look at me. I'll make you as a god to Pharaoh and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will tell it to Pharaoh. Then he will release the Israelites from his land. At the same time I am going to put Pharaoh's back up and follow it up by filling Egypt with signs and wonders. Pharaoh is not going to listen to you, but I will have my way against Egypt and bring out my soldiers, my people the Israelites, from Egypt by mighty acts of judgment. The Egyptians will realize that I am God when I step in and take the Israelites out of their country."
Exodus 18:17
Moses' father-in-law said, "This is no way to go about it. You'll burn out, and the people right along with you. This is way too much for you—you can't do this alone. Now listen to me. Let me tell you how to do this so that God will be in this with you. Be there for the people before God, but let the matters of concern be presented to God. Your job is to teach them the rules and instructions, to show them how to live, what to do. And then you need to keep a sharp eye out for competent men—men who fear God, men of integrity, men who are incorruptible—and appoint them as leaders over groups organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten. They'll be responsible for the everyday work of judging among the people. They'll bring the hard cases to you, but in the routine cases they'll be the judges. They will share your load and that will make it easier for you. If you handle the work this way, you'll have the strength to carry out whatever God commands you, and the people in their settings will flourish also."
Moses' father-in-law said, "This is no way to go about it. You'll burn out, and the people right along with you. This is way too much for you—you can't do this alone. Now listen to me. Let me tell you how to do this so that God will be in this with you. Be there for the people before God, but let the matters of concern be presented to God. Your job is to teach them the rules and instructions, to show them how to live, what to do. And then you need to keep a sharp eye out for competent men—men who fear God, men of integrity, men who are incorruptible—and appoint them as leaders over groups organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten. They'll be responsible for the everyday work of judging among the people. They'll bring the hard cases to you, but in the routine cases they'll be the judges. They will share your load and that will make it easier for you. If you handle the work this way, you'll have the strength to carry out whatever God commands you, and the people in their settings will flourish also."
Leviticus 6:7
"Thus the priest will make atonement for him before God and he's forgiven of any of the things that one does that bring guilt."
"Thus the priest will make atonement for him before God and he's forgiven of any of the things that one does that bring guilt."
1 Samuel 7:5
Next Samuel said, "Get everybody together at Mizpah and I'll pray for you."
Next Samuel said, "Get everybody together at Mizpah and I'll pray for you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Isaiah said, take a lump of figs,.... Not moist figs, but a cake of dried figs, as the word used signifies, and so the less likely to have any effect in curing the boil:
and they took, and laid it on the boil, and he recovered; made a plaster of it, and laid it on the ulcer, and it was healed. Physicians observe u, that as such like inflammations consist in a painful extension of the fibres by the hinderance of the circulation of the blood, through the extreme little arteries, which may be mitigated, or dissipated, or ripened, by such things as are emollient and loosening, so consequently by figs; and, in a time of pestilence, figs beaten together with butter and treacle have been applied to plague of boils with great success; yet these figs being only a cake of dry figs, and, the boil not only malignant, but deadly, and the cure so suddenly performed, show that this was done not in a natural, but in a supernatural way, though means were directed to be made use of.
u Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 620. Vid. Levin. Lemnii Herb. Bibl. Explicat. c. 19. p. 60.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A lump of figs - The usual remedy in the East, even at the present day, for ordinary boils. But such a remedy would not naturally cure the dangerous tumor or carbuncle from which Hezekiah suffered. Thus the means used in this miracle were means having a tendency toward the result performed by them, but insufficient of themselves to produce that result (compare 2 Kings 4:34 note).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 20:7. Take a lump of figs - and laid it on the boil — We cannot exactly say in what Hezekiah's malady consisted. ש××× shechin signifies any inflammatory tumour, boil, abscess, c. The versions translate it sore, wound, and such like. Some think it was a pleurisy others, that it was the plague; others, the elephantiasis; and others, that it was a quinsey. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or to discuss any obstinate inflammatory swelling. This Pliny remarks, Omnibus quae maturanda ant discutienda sunt imponuntur. But we cannot pronounce on the propriety of the application, unless we were certain of the nature of the malady. This, however was the natural means which God chose to bless to the recovery of Hezekiah's health; and without this interposition he must have died.
