Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery
2 Kings 20:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,LXX and an alternate MT reading; the other alternate reads the middle of the city
- KJV
- And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,court: or, city
- WEB
- Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
- ASV
- And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
- LSV
- And it comes to pass, [when] Isaiah has not [yet] gone out to the middle court, that the word of YHWH has been to him, saying,
- YLT
- And it cometh to pass — Isaiah hath not gone out to the middle court — that the word of Jehovah hath been unto him, saying,
- DBY
- And it came to pass before Isaiah had gone out into the middle city that the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
- DRC
- And before Isaias was gone out of the middle of the court, the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
- GNV
- And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,
- JPS
- And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out of the inner court of the city, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying:
- LXXE
- And Esaias was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
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- Written (Ketiv): הָעִיר (“the city”). Read aloud (Qere): חָצֵ֖ר (“[the] court”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads הָעֵ֖יר; read aloud (Qere) reads חָצֵ֖ר (“[the] court”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיְהִ֣י יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ לֹ֣א יָצָ֔א העיר הַתִּֽיכֹנָ֑ה וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֔ה הָיָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו לֵאמֹֽר׃Read aloud as (qere): חָצֵ֖ר
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἦν Ἡσαΐας ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῇ μέσῃ, καὶ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς αὐτὸν, λέγων,
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- 2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the…
- 1 Kings 7:8And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
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