Isaiah 38:14
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.
‖Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O LORD, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, ease me.
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- Isaiah 59:11Rank 1 from verse 14
- Psalms 69:3Rank 2 from verse 14
- Ezekiel 7:16Rank 3 from verse 14
16¶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
16¶ But they that escape of them, shall escape, and shall be on the mountaines like doues of the valleys, all of them mourning, euery one for his iniquitie.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
7‖‖And Huzzab shall be led away captiue, she shall be brought vp, and her maids shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, tabring vpon their breasts.
- Psalms 119:122–123Rank 6 from verse 14
- Psalms 123:1–4Rank 7 from verse 14
1UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
1¶ Vnto thee lift I vp mine eyes: O thou that dwellest in the heauens.
2Beholde, as the eyes of seruants looke vnto the hand of their Masters, and as the eyes of a maiden, vnto the hand of her mistresse: so our eyes waite vpon the LORD our God, vntill that he haue mercy vpon vs.
3Haue mercy vpon vs, O LORD, haue mercy vpon vs: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soule is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease: and with the contempt of the proud.
- Lamentations 4:17Rank 9 from verse 14
- Psalms 102:4–7Rank 10 from verse 14
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grasse: so that I forget to eate my bread.
5‖By reason of the voice of my groning, my bones cleaue to my skinne.
6I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert.
7I watch, and am as a sparowe alone vpon the house top.
- Psalms 119:82Rank 11 from verse 14
- Psalms 143:7Rank 12 from verse 14
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Isaiah 38:14
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A migratory fowl.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.
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To utter rapid or repeated sounds or cries.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.
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1. A bird of the pigeon kind. 2. A term of endearment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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Sense 1: To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of oppress, meaning to burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
To be surety for; to take responsibility on another's behalf.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon so will hee breake all my bones: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14Like 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.
14‖Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O LORD, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.
Selected passage15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
15What shall I say? hee hath both spoken vnto mee, and himselfe hath done it: I shall goe softly, all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.