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 Living Translation (NLT)Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live!

Context of Isaiah 38:16

14Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! 15“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. 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. 17Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, 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 truth.

Isaiah 38:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• the lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• of my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• so wilt thou recoverחָלַםchâlam · be healthyH2492

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:16

• Isaiah 64:5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.
• Deuteronomy 8:3So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
• Job 33:19“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,
• Psalms 71:20You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Matthew 4:4But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
• 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
• Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of 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

In the dictionaries

• Celebrate
• Hezekiah
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• Reckon
• Undertake
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• Job, Book of
• Papyrus

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