Isaiah 38:16
What does Isaiah 38:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 38:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lord, by these do <FI>men<Fi> live, And by all in them <FI>is<Fi> the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.
Context
v.15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
v.16This passage
v.17Behold, it wasformypeacethatI had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?
- Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
- Hebrews 12:10
For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
- Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
- Psalms 71:20
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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