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; 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 walk quietly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. 16Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live! 17Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled 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
• walkדָּדָהdâdâh · to go slowlyH1718
• 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“And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have abandoned 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 am I to say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
• 1 Kings 21:27Yet it 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 4:27But she came to the man of God at the hill and took hold of his feet. And Gehazi came up to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has concealed it from me and has not informed 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 am disgusted with my own life; I will express my complaint freely; 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