Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 38:16
16Adonai, by such things men live, and my spirit has life in them too. Restore me to health, and let me live!
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 or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security! 15What should I say? For He has spoken to me— He Himself has done it! I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. Adonai, by such things men live, and my spirit has life in them too. Restore me to health, and let me live! 17Behold, it was for my own shalom that I had great bitterness. You have loved my soul out of the Pit of destruction! For You have flung 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.
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 64:5For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a filthy garment, and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away, like the wind.
- Deuteronomy 8:3He afflicted you and let you hunger, then He fed you manna —which neither you nor your fathers had known—in order to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai.
- Job 33:19Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
- Psalms 71:20You made me see many troubles and evils —You will revive me again— from the depths of the earth You will bring me up again.
- Matthew 4:4But He replied, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we might not be condemned along with the world.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
- Hebrews 12:10Indeed, for a short time they disciplined us as seemed best to them; but He does so for our benefit, so that we may share in 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
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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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