Isaiah 38:13
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.
Isaiah 38:13 in other translations
| BSB | I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | I have set Him till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me. |
| DARBY | I kept still until the morning;...as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me. |
| BBE | I am crying out with pain till the morning; it is as if a lion was crushing all my bones. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Isaiah 38:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 38:9-20
9-20. The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Is 38:9 is the heading or inscription.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 38:9-22
We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lord. A good man wishes not to live for any other end than that he may serve God, and have communion with him. Our present residence is like that of a shepherd in his hut, a poor, mean, and cold lodging, and with a trust…
Isaiah 38:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 38:13
- Psalms 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
- 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. And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.
- Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30-32
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
- Job 10:16-17
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
- Job 16:12-14
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
- Hosea 5:14
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- 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.
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Context
- Isaiah 38:12
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.
- Isaiah 38:13
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.
- Isaiah 38:14
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.
Isaiah 38:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Contaba yo hasta la mañana. Como un león molió todos mis huesos: de la mañana á la noche me acabarás. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’ai possédé mon âme jusqu’au matin;… comme un lion, ainsi il me brisait tous les os. Du jour à la nuit, tu en auras fini avec moi!… |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich beschwichtigte meine Seele bis zum Morgen dem Löwen gleich, also zerbrach er alle meine Gebeine. Vom Tage bis zur Nacht wirst du ein Ende mit mir machen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sperabam usque ad mane; quasi leo, sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: de mane usque ad vesperam finies me. |