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Isaiah 38:13

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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שִׁוִּ֤יתִיshi.Vi.tiI have lain downH7737 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
בֹּ֙קֶר֙bo.kermorningH1242 →
כָּֽאֲרִ֔יka.'a.Rilike <the> lionH738 →
כֵּ֥ןkensoH3651 →
יְשַׁבֵּ֖רye.sha.Berhe breaksH7665 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עַצְמוֹתָ֑יatz.mo.Taibones myH6106 →
מִיּ֥וֹםmi.Yomfrom dayH3117 →
עַד־'ad-untoH5704 →
לַ֖יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915 →
תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃tash.li.Me.niyou make an end of meH7999 →

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Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.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.Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.1 Kings 13:24–26As 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.Job 30:17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: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.Job 10:16–17Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.Job 16:12–14I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.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.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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