Isaiah 38:21
Good News Translation
Isaiah told the king to put a paste made of figs on his boil, and he would get well.

New Revised Standard Version
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.”

Contemporary English Version
I had told King Hezekiah's servants to put some mashed figs on the king's open sore, and he would get well.

New American Bible
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil for his recovery.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Isaiah had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now Isaiah had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.

for Isaiah

2 Kings 20:7 And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.

Mark 7:33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue.

John 9:6 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes,

Context
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
20O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. 21Now Isaiah had ordered that they should take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the wound, and that he should be healed.22And Ezechias had said: What shall be the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?…
Cross References
2 Kings 20:7
And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil, he was healed.

2 Kings 20:8
And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

Isaiah 38:20
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