Isaiah 38:15

Isaiah 38:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
• New International Version (NIV)But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul.

Context of Isaiah 38:15

13I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me. 14Like 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. “What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. 16O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live! 17Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Isaiah 38:15 word by word

מָֽה־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר־לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל־שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• shall I sayדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• For He has spokenאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to me, and He Himselfהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• has doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• wanderדָּדָהdâdâh · to go slowlyH1718
• about allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• my yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• bitternessמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• of my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:15

• Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?
• Ezra 9:10“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,
• Psalms 39:9I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.
• John 12:27“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
• 1 Kings 21:27It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
• 1 Samuel 1:10She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
• 2 Kings 4:27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
• Job 7:11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 21:25While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul "Through the rest of my years will I reflect on this bitterness of my soul" - אדדה eddaddeh ; recogitabo, Vulg., reputabo, Hieron. in loc.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. 15I will walk slowly: Hezekiah might have once taken his life and health for granted. Now he understood that God could take these gifts away at any time.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

Topics related to Isaiah 38:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Hezekiah
• Humility
• Murmuring
• Psalms
• Repentance

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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