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Isaiah 38:21

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

KJV

Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.

Vulgate

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἠσαίας πρὸς Ἑζεκίαν Λάβε παλάθην ἐκ σύκων καὶ τρίψον καὶ κατάπλασαι, καὶ ὑγιὴς ἔσῃ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְ/יִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל הַ/שְּׁחִ֖ין וְ/יֶֽחִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְּבֶ֣לֶת
dblt
noun · 4×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ
ysh'yhv
proper_noun · 39×
יִמְרְח֥וּ
ymrchv
verb · 1×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְּׁחִ֖ין
shchyn
noun · 13×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 32:24 — In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
  • 2Kgs 20:7 — And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
  • 2Kgs 20:7 — And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
  • John 9:6 — When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
  • Mark 7:33 — And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;