God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 38:16
16Lord, people live in spite of such things, and I have the will to live in spite of them. You give me health and keep me alive.
Isaiah 38:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.
Context of Isaiah 38:16
14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me! 15What can I say now that he has spoken to me? He has done this. I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience. Lord, people live in spite of such things, and I have the will to live in spite of them. You give me health and keep me alive. 17Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you. 18Sheol doesn’t thank you! Death doesn’t praise you! Those who go down to the pit cannot expect you to be faithful.
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 38:16 word by word
אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל־בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 38:16
- Isaiah 64:5You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You showed your anger, because we’ve sinned. We’ve continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved?
- Deuteronomy 8:3So he made you suffer from hunger and then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had seen before. He did this to teach you that a person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that the Lord speaks.
- Job 33:19In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined with endless aching in their bones
- Psalms 71:20You have made me endure many terrible troubles. You restore me to life again. You bring me back from the depths of the earth.
- Matthew 4:4Jesus answered, “Scripture says, ‘A person cannot live on bread alone but on every word that God speaks.’ ”
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we won’t be condemned along with the rest of the world.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.
- Hebrews 12:10For a short time our fathers disciplined us as they thought best. Yet, God disciplines us for our own good so that we can become holy like him.
Commentaries on Isaiah 38:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16By these things men live "For this cause shall it be declared" - , , Sept. They read in their copies רוחי ותחיי לך יחוו עליה not very different from the present text, from which all the ancient Versions vary. They entirely omit two words, בהן ולכל ulecol bahen ; as to which there is some variation in the MSS. One MS. has ובכל ubechol, and in all; two others וכל vechol, and all, and ten MSS. have בהם bahem, in them, in the masculine gender. Taking this as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lord. A good man wishes not to live for any other end than that he may serve God, and have communion with him. Our present residence is like that of a shepherd in his hut, a poor, mean, and cold lodging, and with a trust committed to our charge, as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16God’s restoration of Hezekiah’s health also symbolized the restoration from exile that Judah would experience in the future.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Is 38:9 is the heading or inscription.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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