Isaiah 38:13

Suffering

¹¹ I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

¹² My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

¹⁴ I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

¹⁵ What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
KJV: 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.
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.
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.
BLB: I composed myself until morning; like a lion, thus He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

ÅB: Jeg fikk min sjel til å være stille inntil morgenen; som en løve knuser han alle mine ben; fra dag til natt gjør du det av med meg.
OTB: Jeg samlet meg til morgenen, men som en løve bryter han alle mine ben; fra dag til natt fører du meg til en ende.
B1930: Jeg fikk min sjel til å være stille inntil morgenen; som en løve knuser han alle mine ben; fra dag til natt gjør du det av med mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
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Daniel 6:24
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
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1 Kings 13:24–26
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
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Psalms 39:10
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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1 Corinthians 11:30–32
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
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Job 10:16–17
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
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Job 16:12–14
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
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Hosea 5:14
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
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