Isaiah 38:14 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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 (ASV)
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 (BBE)
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.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
World English Bible (WEB)
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 (YLT)
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.
| Like a crane | כְּס֤וּס | kĕsûs | keh-SOOS |
| or a swallow, | עָגוּר֙ | ʿāgûr | ah-ɡOOR |
| so | כֵּ֣ן | kēn | kane |
| chatter: I did | אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף | ʾăṣapṣēp | uh-tsahf-TSAFE |
| I did mourn | אֶהְגֶּ֖ה | ʾehge | eh-ɡEH |
| dove: a as | כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה | kayyônâ | ka-yoh-NA |
| mine eyes | דַּלּ֤וּ | dallû | DA-loo |
| fail | עֵינַי֙ | ʿênay | ay-NA |
| with looking upward: | לַמָּר֔וֹם | lammārôm | la-ma-ROME |
| Lord, O | אֲדֹנָ֖י | ʾădōnāy | uh-doh-NAI |
| I am oppressed; | עָֽשְׁקָה | ʿāšĕqâ | AH-sheh-ka |
| undertake | לִּ֥י | lî | lee |
| for me. | עָרְבֵֽנִי׃ | ʿorbēnî | ore-VAY-nee |