Isaiah 38:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.””

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BSBPD

“Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Isaiah saith, `Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 38:21 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 20:7Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
  2. Mark 7:33So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
  3. John 9:6When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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