King James Version
Isaiah 38:21 in the King James Version says “For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.”
Isaiah 38:21 · KJV
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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.
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them take”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and lay it for a plaister”
H4799properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure; hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and he shall recover”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
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