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;
Isaiah 38:7 in other translations
| BSB | This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: |
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| WEB | This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken. |
| ASV | And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken: |
| YLT | And this is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken. |
| DARBY | And this shall be the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken: |
| BBE | And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said: |
| Webster | And this shall be a sign to thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; |
What does Isaiah 38:7 mean?
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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.
Isaiah 38:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 38:7
- Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
- Judges 6:37-39
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
- 2 Kings 20:8-21
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? And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. …
- Judges 6:17-22
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. …
- Isaiah 7:11-14
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
- 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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Context
- 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;
- Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 38:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esto te será señal de parte de Jehová, que Jehová hará esto que ha dicho: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ceci en sera le signe pour toi, de par l’ Éternel, car l’ Éternel accomplira cette parole qu’il a prononcée: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und dies wird dir das Zeichen sein von seiten Jehovas, daß Jehova dieses Wort tun wird, welches er geredet hat: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est: |