Isaiah 38:22
20 The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
21 Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
- KJV
- Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
- WEB
- Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”
- ASV
- Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
- DARBY
- And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?
- BLB
- And Hezekiah said, “What [is] the sign that I will go up to the house of YHWH?”
- ÅB
- Hiskia sa[^4]: Hva skal jeg ha til tegn på at jeg skal gå opp til Herrens hus?
[^1]: Gud.
[^2]: JES 38, 4 fg.
[^3]: ved dine ord; 5MO 8, 3. MTT 4, 4.
[^4]: da han hadde hørt det som er sagt i JES 38, 6, men før han hadde hørt det som er sagt i JES 38, 7. - OTB
- Hiskia hadde spurt, “Hva vil være tegnet på at jeg skal gå opp til Herrens hus?”
- B1930
- Esekias sa: Hvad skal jeg ha til tegn på at jeg skal gå op til Herrens hus? / < da han hadde hørt det som er sagt i JES 38, 6, men før han hadde hørt det som er sagt i JES 38, 7.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 20:8
Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
Read in contextJohn 5:14
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Read in contextPsalms 118:18–19
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Read in contextPsalms 84:1–2
How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
Read in contextPsalms 84:10–12
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Read in contextPsalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Read in contextPsalms 42:1–2
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
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