Isaiah 38:16

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

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. 15“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. O 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. 18For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:16 word by word

אֲדֹנָ֖י עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יִֽחְי֑וּ וּלְכָל־בָּהֶן֙ חַיֵּ֣י רוּחִ֔י וְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• And in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• O restoreחָלַםchâlam · be healthyH2492

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:16

• Isaiah 64:5You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved?
• Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
• Job 33:19“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
• Psalms 71:20You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Matthew 4:4But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
• 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
• Hebrews 12:10For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 38:16

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Hezekiah
• Life
• Murmuring
• Psalms

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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