Isaiah 38 · Verse 22

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
Isaiah 38:22, King James Version

Isaiah 38:22 in other translations

BSBAnd Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
WEBHezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”
ASVHezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
YLTAnd Hezekiah saith, ‘What is the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'
DARBYAnd Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?
BBEAnd Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
WebsterHezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

What does Isaiah 38:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. house of the Lord--Hence he makes the praises to be sung there prominent in his song (Is 38:20; Psa 116:12-14, 17-19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…

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Isaiah 38:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
מָ֣הmahwhat?H4100
א֑וֹת'ot[will be the] signH226
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
אֶעֱלֶ֖ה'e.'e.LehI will go upH5927
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 38:22

  • 2 Kings 20:8

    And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

  • John 5:14

    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

  • Psalms 118:18-19

    The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

  • Psalms 84:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Psalms 84:10-12

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  • Psalms 122:1

    A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

  • Psalms 42:1-2

    To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What.
2Ki 20:8; Ps 42:1,2; 84:1,2,10-12; 118:18,19; 122:1; Joh 5:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 38:21

    For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

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Isaiah 38:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Había asimismo dicho Ezechîas: ¿Qué señal tendré de que he de subir á la casa de Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Ézéchias avait dit: Quel est le signe que je monterai à la maison de l’ Éternel?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Hiskia sprach: Welches ist das Zeichen, daß ich in das Haus Jehovas hinaufgehen werde?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?