Isaiah 38:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.”
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“I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have set <FI>Him<Fi> till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 38:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 13:24As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
- 1 Kings 20:36Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
- Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
- Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
- Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
- Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
- Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
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