Isaiah 38:21
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”
In context
18 For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. 19 The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. 20 The Lord will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the Lord.
21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” 22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Isaiah 38:21 in the KJV
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
- NIV New International Version
— Isaiah 38:21 in the NIV
Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”