Isaiah 38:22
20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
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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
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?
Read in contextJohn 5:14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Read in contextPsalms 118:18–19
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Read in contextPsalms 84:1–2
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Read in contextPsalms 84:10–12
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Read in contextPsalms 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 42:1–2
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
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