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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 38:13

I reckoned (l) 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.

(l) Overnight I thought that I would live till morning, but my pangs in the night persuaded me the contrary: he shows the horror that the faithful have when they apprehend God's judgment against their sin.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 38:13. The last line of the foregoing verse מיום עד לילה תשלימני _migom ad layelah tashlimeni_, "In the course of the day thou wilt finish my web;" or, as the common version has it, "Fro...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I RECKONED - There has been considerable variety in interpreting this expression. The Septuagint renders it, ‘I was given up in the morning as to a lion.’ The Vulgate renders it, ‘I hoped until mornin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I RECKONED. I waited expectantly. AS. LION. as. lion [awaits his prey]. SO WILL HE BREAK. See note on Psalms 22:16....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Hezekiah's thanksgiving for his recovery. This poem, which is not given in the parallel narrative in 2 Kings, must have been inserted here from an independent source. An external mark of the insertion...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I reckoned till morning_ R.V. has "I quieted myself until morning." It is better to amend the text slightly and read I CRIED UNTIL MORNING. _so will he break_(better, HE BREAKETH) _all my bones_ the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I RECKONED TILL MORNING, &C.— The meaning of the first clause is, "When I found myself surviving till the evening, I then thought with myself, that the next morning would be the utmost term of my life...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. PRAISE TEXT: Isaiah 38:9-20 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of 2...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    38:13 morning; (f-6) Some read, 'I call until the morning.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    I RECKONED.. LION] RV 'I quieted myself until morning; as a lion,' etc....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Hezekiah’s illness made him feel very depressed. (In other words, his inner feelings were deeply sad.) And this affected all of his life. Verses 10 and 18 Like many people at that time, Hezekiah tho...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שִׁוִּ֤יתִי עַד ־בֹּ֨קֶר֙ כָּֽ † אֲרִ֔י כֵּ֥ן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._I reckoned till the dawn. _Others translate it “I determined,” or “I laid down.” Here it means what we express by the ordinary phrase, _(Je fasoye mon compte,)” _I laid my account.” From this vers...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I RECKONED TILL MORNING,.... Or, "I set my time till the morning m"; he fixed and settled it in his mind that he could live no longer than to the morning, if he lived so long; he thought he should hav...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 13. _I reckoned until morning._] And then, at utmost, I thought t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I reckoned till morning_, &c. When night came I reckoned I should die before the next morning, my pains being as great as if my bones had been broken, and the whole frame of my body crushed by a lion...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I reckoned till morning, composing himself till the next day, THAT, AS A LION, SO WILL HE BREAK ALL MY BONES, rather, for He was breaking my bones, and it was only with difficulty that he kept himself...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    When I was filled with pain, and could not rest all the night long, even till morning, my thoughts were working and presaging that God would instantly break me to pieces, and that every moment would b...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 38:13 considered H7737 (H8765) lion H738 breaks H7665 (H8762) bones H6106 day H3117 night H3915 end...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HEZEKIAH'S PSALM OF PRAISE (ISAIAH 38:9). Isaiah 38:9 ‘The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness.' This was clearly originally a record on i...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's sickness and recovery in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Neither men's greatness nor goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness. If o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 38:1. _Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live._ This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical situation. God saw that nothing milder than this harsh and tremendou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I reckon — When I could not rest all the night even 'till morning, my thoughts were presaging that God would instantly break me to pieces, and the like thoughts followed me from morning 'till evening....

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