Isaiah 38:14
Strong's Lexicon
I chirp
אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף (’ă·ṣap̄·ṣêp̄)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6850: 1) (Pilpel) to chirp, peep 1a) of birds 1b) of ghosts

like a swallow
כְּס֤וּס (kə·sūs)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5483: 1) swallow, swift 2) horse 2a) chariot horses

or crane
עָגוּר֙ (‘ā·ḡūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5693: 1) name of a bird 1a) perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane

כֵּ֣ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: adv 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

I moan
אֶהְגֶּ֖ה (’eh·geh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1897: 1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to roar, growl, groan 1a2) to utter, speak 1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine 1b) (Poal) to utter 1c) (Hiphil) to mutter

like a dove.
כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה (kay·yō·w·nāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3123: 1) dove, pigeon

My eyes
עֵינַי֙ (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

grow weak
דַּלּ֤וּ (dal·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1809: 1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hang low 1a2) to be low 1a3) of distress (fig.) 1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes) 1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low

[as I look] upward.
לַמָּר֔וֹם (lam·mā·rō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4791: 1) height 1a) height, elevation, elevated place 1a1) in a high place (adv) 1b) height 1c) proudly (adv) 1d) of nobles (fig.)

O Lord,
אֲדֹנָ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: 1) my lord, lord 1a) of men 1b) of God 2) Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

I am oppressed;
עָֽשְׁקָה־ (‘ā·šə·qāh-)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6234: 1) oppression, abuse, distress

be my security.
עָרְבֵֽנִי׃ (‘ā·rə·ḇê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6148: 1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take on pledge, go surety for 1a2) to give in pledge 1a3) to exchange 1a4) to pledge 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to exchange pledges 1b2) to have fellowship with, share

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.”

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

New American Standard Bible
"Like a swallow, [like] a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!"

New Living Translation
Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!"

English Standard Version
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!

New American Standard Bible
"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

International Standard Version
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me!

NET Bible
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

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.

English Revised Version
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward; O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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.
















Cross References
Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

Psalm 55:2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Psalm 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Psalm 119:82
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Psalm 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Isaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Ezekiel 7:16
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.
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