Isaiah 38 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.'
1 EN aquellos días cayó Ezechîas enfermo para morir. Y vino á él Isaías profeta, hijo de Amoz, y díjole: Jehová dice así: Ordena tu casa, porque tú morirás, y no vivirás.
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
2 Entonces volvió Ezechîas su rostro á la pared, é hizo oración á Jehová,
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,
3 and said: 'Remember now, O LORD, I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight.' And Hezekiah wept sore.
3 Y dijo: Oh Jehová, ruégote te acuerdes ahora que he andado delante de ti en verdad y con íntegro corazón, y que he hecho lo que ha sido agradable delante de tus ojos. Y lloró Ezechîas con gran lloro.
3 and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying:
4 Entonces fué palabra de Jehová á Isaías, diciendo:
4 Then Yahweh’s word came to Isaiah, saying,
5 'Go, and say to Hezekiah: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
5 Ve, y di á Ezechîas: Jehová Dios de David tu padre dice así: Tu oración he oído, y visto tus lágrimas: he aquí que yo añado á tus días quince años.
5 “Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
6 Y te libraré, y á esta ciudad, de mano del rey de Asiria; y á esta ciudad ampararé.
6 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
7 And this shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He hath spoken:
7 Y esto te será señal de parte de Jehová, que Jehová hará esto que ha dicho:
7 This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.
8 behold, I will cause the shadow of the dial, which is gone down on the sun-dial of Ahaz, to return backward ten degrees.' So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
8 He aquí que yo vuelvo atrás la sombra de los grados, que ha descendido en el reloj de Achâz por el sol, diez grados. Y el sol fué tornado diez grados atrás, por los cuales había ya descendido.
8 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.
9 Escritura de Ezechîas rey de Judá, de cuando enfermó y sanó de su enfermedad.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
10 I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.
10 Yo dije: En el medio de mis días iré á las puertas del sepulcro: privado soy del resto de mis años.
10 I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
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.
11 Dije: No veré á JAH, á JAH en la tierra de los que viven: ya no veré más hombre con los moradores del mundo.
11 I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12 My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.
12 Mi morada ha sido movida y traspasada de mí, como tienda de pastor. Como el tejedor corté mi vida; cortaráme con la enfermedad; me consumirás entre el día y la noche.
12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
13 The more I make myself like unto a lion until morning, the more it breaketh all my bones; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me.
13 Contaba yo hasta la mañana. Como un león molió todos mis huesos: de la mañana á la noche me acabarás.
13 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.
14 Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.
14 Como la grulla y como la golondrina me quejaba; gemía como la paloma: alzaba en alto mis ojos: Jehová, violencia padezco; confórtame.
14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”
15 What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it; I shall go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.
15 ¿Qué diré? El que me lo dijo, él mismo lo ha hecho. Andaré recapacitando en la amargura de mi alma todos los años de mi vida.
15 What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and altogether therein is the life of my spirit; wherefore recover Thou me, and make me to live.
16 Oh Señor, sobre ellos vivirán [tus piedades], y á todos [diré consistir] en ellas la vida de mi espíritu; pues tú me restablecerás, y me harás que viva.
16 Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.
17 Behold, for my peace I had great bitterness; but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.
17 He aquí amargura grande me [sobrevino] en la paz: mas á ti plugo librar mi vida del hoyo de corrupción: porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados.
17 Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
18 For the nether-world cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.
18 Porque el sepulcro no te celebrará, ni te alabará la muerte; ni los que descienden al hoyo esperarán tu verdad.
18 For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day; the father to the children shall make known Thy truth.
19 El que vive, el que vive, éste te confesará, como yo hoy: el padre hará notoria tu verdad á los hijos.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
20 The LORD is ready to save me; therefore we will sing songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
20 Jehová para salvarme; por tanto cantaremos nuestros salmos en la casa de Jehová todos los días de nuestra vida.
20 Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
21 And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'
21 Y había dicho Isaías: Tomen masa de higos, y pónganla en la llaga, y sanará.
21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22 And Hezekiah said. 'What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?'
22 Había asimismo dicho Ezechîas: ¿Qué señal tendré de que he de subir á la casa de Jehová?
22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”
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Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 32:24; Isaiah 38:1–8; 2 Kings 20:1–11; 2 Samuel 17:23; Jonah 3:10
- 2 Matthew 6:6; Psalm 50:15; 1 Kings 8:30; Psalm 91:15
- 3 Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 6:10; Psalm 18:20–27; Nehemiah 13:14; 2 Chronicles 31:20–21
- 5 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 34:5–6; Revelation 7:17; Luke 1:13; Psalm 147:3
- 6 Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 31:4–5; Isaiah 12:6; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Chronicles 32:22
- 7 Isaiah 37:30; Judges 6:37–39; 2 Kings 20:8–21; Judges 6:17–22; Isaiah 7:11–14
- 8 2 Kings 20:9–11; Joshua 10:12–14; Matthew 16:1; 2 Chronicles 32:24; 2 Chronicles 32:31
- 9 Judges 5:1–31; Job 5:18; Psalm 18:1; Isaiah 12:1–6; Jonah 2:1–9
- 10 2 Corinthians 1:9; Psalm 102:24; Job 7:7; Psalm 107:18; Isaiah 38:1
- 11 Psalm 27:13; Psalm 116:8–9; Ecclesiastes 9:5–6; Psalm 6:4–5; Job 35:14–15
- 12 2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 1:12; Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 13:20; James 4:14
- 13 Psalm 51:8; Daniel 6:24; 1 Kings 13:24–26; Psalm 39:10; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
- 14 Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 69:3; Job 30:29; Ezekiel 7:16; Psalm 123:1–4
- 15 Job 7:11; 1 Kings 21:27; Job 10:1; Job 21:25; 2 Kings 4:27
- 16 Psalm 119:25; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10–11; Matthew 4:4; Job 33:19–28
- 17 Isaiah 43:25; Micah 7:18–19; Jonah 2:6; Psalm 30:3; Jeremiah 31:34
- 18 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 88:10–11; Psalm 115:17–18
- 19 Deuteronomy 6:7; Psalm 119:175; Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 78:3–6; Deuteronomy 11:19
- 20 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 145:2; Psalm 150:4; Psalm 33:2; Psalm 51:15
- 21 2 Kings 20:7–8; John 9:6; Mark 7:33
- 22 2 Kings 20:8; John 5:14; Psalm 118:18–19; Psalm 84:1–2; Psalm 84:10–12
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