Isaiah 38:13

Suffering

¹¹ I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁵ What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness 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
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
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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.
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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.
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Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
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1 Corinthians 11:30–32
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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Job 10:16–17
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
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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.
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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.
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