Isaiah 38:16
“O Lord, by these things men liue: and in all these things is the life of my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and make me to liue.”
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Isaiah 38:16 Context
14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O Lord, I am oppressed, vndertake for me. 15What shall I say? hee hath both spoken vnto mee, and himselfe hath done it: I shall goe softly, all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule. 16O Lord, by these things men liue: and in all these things is the life of my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and make me to liue. 17Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe. 18For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth.
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
"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!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.
- World English Bible
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,
- Youngs Literal Bible
O Lord, by these things men live, and altogether therein is the life of my spirit; wherefore recover Thou me, and make me to live.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 38:16
38:16 By these - By thy promises, and thy performance of them; therefore it is not strange, that one word of God hath brought me back from the jaws of death.