Isaiah 38:14 “I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak…”

Isaiah 38:14

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“a crane”

Job 30:29 Psalm 102:4–7

Job 30:29 · BSB

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Psalm 102:4–7 · BSB

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

“I did mourn”

Isaiah 59:11 Ezekiel 7:16 Nahum 2:7

Isaiah 59:11 · BSB

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Ezekiel 7:16 · BSB

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

Nahum 2:7 · BSB

It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

“mine eyes”

Psalm 69:3 Psalm 123:1–4 Psalm 119:82 Lamentations 4:17 Psalm 119:123

Psalm 69:3 · BSB

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 123:1–4 · BSB

I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

Psalm 119:82 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Lamentations 4:17 · BSB

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Psalm 119:123 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

“I am”

Psalm 143:7 Psalm 119:122

Psalm 143:7 · BSB

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Psalm 119:122 · BSB

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Also

Job 17:3

Job 17:3 · BSB

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

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