Isaiah 38:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Like a swallow{H5693} [or] a crane,{H5483} so did I chatter;{H6850} I did moan{H1897} as a dove;{H3123} mine eyes{H5869} fail{H1809} [with looking] upward:{H4791} O Lord,{H3068} I am oppressed,{H6234} be thou my surety.{H6148}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Like a crane{H5483} or a swallow{H5693}, so did I chatter{H6850}{(H8770)}: I did mourn{H1897}{(H8799)} as a dove{H3123}: mine eyes{H5869} fail{H1809}{(H8804)} with looking upward{H4791}: O LORD{H3068}, I am oppressed{H6234}; undertake{H6148}{(H8798)} for me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then chatred I like a swalowe, and like a Crane, and mourned as a doue. I lift vp myne eyes in to ye hight: O LORDE, (sayde I) violence is done vnto me, be thou suertie for me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde sayde my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed, be my collateral.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression `is' on me, be my surety.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Like a swallow `or' a 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 (1901)

    Like a swallow [or] a 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me. 123 My eyes long for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals and a companion to ostriches.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am sinking in deep mire where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, and the current has overwhelmed me.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace collapses.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put me in your pledge, O God; who else will strike hands with me in agreement?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth. 5 My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food. 6 Because of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh. 7 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail, longing for Your promise, saying, 'When will You comfort me?
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 A song of ascents: To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He shows us mercy. 3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn. 4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

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