Isaiah 38 · Verse 6

Isaiah 38:6

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
Isaiah 38:6, King James Version

Isaiah 38:6 in other translations

BSBAnd I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
WEBI will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
ASVAnd I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
YLTand out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.
DARBYAnd I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
BBEAnd I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.
WebsterAnd I will deliver thee and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

What does Isaiah 38:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. In 2Ki 20:8, after this verse comes the statement which is put at the end, in order not to interrupt God's message (Is 38:21, 22) by Isaiah (Is 38:5-8). will deliver--The city was already delivered, but here assurance is given, that Hezekiah shall have no more to fear from the Assyrians.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 I will defend this city - The other copy, 2Kgs 20:6, adds:" for mine own sake, and for the sake of David my servant;" and the sentence seems somewhat abrupt without it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 38:1-8

Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. (Is. 38:1-8) His thanksgiving. (Is. 38:9-22) Verses 1-8 When we pray in our sickness, though God send not to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he bids us be of good cheer, assures us that our sins are forgiven, and that, whether we live or die, we shall be his, we do not pray in vain. See II Kin. 20:1-11.

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Isaiah 38:6 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.

וּמִכַּ֤ףu.mi.Kafand from [the] hand ofH3709
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurAssyriaH804
אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔'a.Tzi.le.khaI will deliver youH5337
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וְגַנּוֹתִ֖יve.ga.no.Tiand I will defendH1598
עַל\־'al-<on>H5921
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּֽאת\׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063

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

Cross references for Isaiah 38:6

  • Isaiah 37:35

    For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Isaiah 31:4-5

    For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  • Isaiah 12:6

    Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  • 2 Timothy 4:17

    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:22

    Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:6; 31:4; 37:35; 2Ch 32:22; 2Ti 4:17

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

Context

  • Isaiah 38:5

    Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

  • Isaiah 38:6

    And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

  • Isaiah 38:7

    And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

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Isaiah 38:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y te libraré, y á esta ciudad, de mano del rey de Asiria; y á esta ciudad ampararé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je te délivrerai, toi et cette ville, de la main du roi d’Assyrie, et je protégerai cette ville.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und von der Hand des Königs von Assyrien will ich dich und diese Stadt erretten; und ich will diese Stadt beschirmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.