Isaiah 38
- 1In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, The Lord says this, Set your house in order. For you shall die, and not live.
- 2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
- 3And said, Remember now, O Lord, I urge you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
- 5Go, and say to Hezekiah, The Lord says this, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: I will add to your days fifteen years.
- 6And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
- 7And this shall be a sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has spoken.
- 8I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which has gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down.
- 9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
- 10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
- 11I said, I will no longer see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living. I will no longer see people among the people of the world.
- 12My age has gone, 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 tonight will you make an end of me.
- 13I waited quietly till morning, that, as a lion, so he will break all my bones: from day even tonight will you make an end of me.
- 14Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me.
- 15What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
- 16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so you will recover me, and make me to live.
- 17For peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- 18For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.
- 19The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
- 20The 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.
- 21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it as a paste on the boil, and he shall recover.
- 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Isaiah 38 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIn those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
GIGAKJVIn those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, The Lord says this, Set your house in order. For you shall die, and not live.
KJVThen Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
GIGAKJVThen Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
KJVAnd said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
GIGAKJVAnd said, Remember now, O Lord, I urge you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
KJVThen came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
GIGAKJVThen the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
KJVGo, 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.
GIGAKJVGo, and say to Hezekiah, The Lord says this, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: I will add to your days fifteen years.
KJVAnd I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
GIGAKJVAnd I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
KJVAnd this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
GIGAKJVAnd this shall be a sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has spoken.
KJVBehold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
GIGAKJVI will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which has gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down.
KJVI said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
GIGAKJVI said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI said, I will no longer see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living. I will no longer see people among the people of the world.
KJVMine 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.
GIGAKJVMy age has gone, 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 tonight will you make an end of me.
KJVI 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.
GIGAKJVI waited quietly till morning, that, as a lion, so he will break all my bones: from day even tonight will you make an end of me.
KJVLike 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.
GIGAKJVLike a crane or a swallow, so I chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me.
KJVWhat 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.
GIGAKJVWhat shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
KJVO Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
GIGAKJVO Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so you will recover me, and make me to live.
KJVBehold, for 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.
GIGAKJVFor peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For you have cast all my sins behind your back.
KJVFor the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
GIGAKJVFor the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.
KJVThe living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
GIGAKJVThe living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
KJVFor Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
GIGAKJVFor Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it as a paste on the boil, and he shall recover.
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