King James Version
Isaiah 38:9 in the King James Version says “The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:”
Isaiah 38:9 · KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The writing”
H4385a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
“of Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
“when he had been sick”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
“and was recovered”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
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