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Isaiah Chapter 38 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 38:20

Jehovah is `ready' to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
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BBE Isaiah 38:20

O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.
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DARBY Isaiah 38:20

Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. -- And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.
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KJV Isaiah 38:20

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.
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WBT Isaiah 38:20

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WEB Isaiah 38:20

Yahweh is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
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YLT Isaiah 38:20

Like myself to-day -- a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah -- to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The Lord was ready to save me; rather, came to my rescue; came and saved me. Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments; rather, therefore will we play my stringed instruments. Hezekiah calls the stringed instruments his, because he had recalled their use, and re-established them as a part of the temple service after the suspension of that service by Ahaz (2 Chronicles 29:30). His intention now is to take continual part with the Levites in (he choral praises of God, which were a part of the daily worship of the temple. This is to him the natural mode of expressing his thankfulness to God for the mercy vouchsafed him.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Was ready.--Better, as fitting in with the praise and hope of the close of the prayer, is ready.We will sing.--The king identifies himself with the great congregation, perhaps even yet more closely with the Levite minstrels of the Temple whom he had done so much to train and re-organise.