20Jehovah was purposed to save me. And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.


In Context

17 Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

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.

21 Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

22 And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?

Isaiah 38:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:20The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:20The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:20O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:20Jehovah 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:20The LORD is 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:20Like 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:20The 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.