Isaiah 38:14

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“I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.””

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BSBPD

“I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As a crane--a swallow--so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression <FI>is<Fi> on me, be my surety.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 38:14 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
  2. Job 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
  3. Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  4. Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
  5. Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
  6. Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
  7. Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  8. Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  9. Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
  10. Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
  11. Ezekiel 7:16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
  12. Nahum 2:7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
  13. Nahum 2:8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

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