Isaiah 38:16
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.
Isaiah 38:16 in other translations
| BSB | O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live. |
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| WEB | Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live. |
| ASV | O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. |
| YLT | Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live, |
| DARBY | Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live. |
| BBE | O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Isaiah 38:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 38:9-20
9-20. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 38:9-22
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…
Isaiah 38:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 38:16
- Psalms 119:25
ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 12:10-11
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Job 33:19-28
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. …
- Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
- Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- Psalms 71:20
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
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Context
- Isaiah 38:15
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.
- Isaiah 38:16
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.
- Isaiah 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Isaiah 38:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oh Señor, sobre ellos vivirán tus piedades, y á todos diré consistir en ellas la vida de mi espíritu; pues tú me restablecerás, y me harás que viva. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Seigneur, par ces choses on vit, et en toutes ces choses est la vie de mon esprit. Et tu m’as rendu la santé, et tu m’as fait vivre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | O Herr! durch dieses lebt man, und in jeder Hinsicht ist darin das Leben meines Geistes. Und du machst mich gesund und erhältst mich am Leben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me. |