Isaiah 38:16

Brenton's Septuagint

Yea, O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, by such things people live,and in every one of them my spirit finds life;you have restored me to healthand let me live.

Hebrew Names Version
Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
"Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!

New Century Version
Lord, because of you, people live. Because of you, my spirit also lives; you made me well and let me live.

Amplified Bible
"O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!

World English Bible
Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.

Geneva Bible (1587)
O Lord, to them that ouerliue them, and to all that are in them, the life of my spirite shalbe knowen, that thou causedst me to sleepe and hast giuen life to me.

Legacy Standard Bible
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!

Berean Standard Bible
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and let me live.

Contemporary English Version
Your words and your deeds bring life to everyone, including me. Please make me healthy and strong again.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai, by these things people live; in all these is the life of my spirit. You're restoring my health and giving me life —

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord, use this hard time to make my spirit live again. Help my spirit become strong and healthy. Help me become well! Help me live again!

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, it was for peace that I had great bitterness; but thou hast been pleased with my soul, that it may not waste in corruption; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Good News Translation
Lord, I will live for you, for you alone; Heal me and let me live.

Lexham English Bible
Lord, they live by them, and the life of my spirit belongs to all among them. And restore me to health and keep me alive!

Literal Translation
O Lord, on them they live, and for all in them is the life of my spirit. And You heal me, and make me live.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Verely (LORDE,) men must lyue in bytternesse, & all my life must I passe ouer therin: For thou raysest me vp, and wakest me. But lo, I wilbe wel content with this bytternes.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O Lorde, to all those that shall lyue hereafter, yea to all men shall it be knowen, that euen in those yeres I haue a ioyfull lyfe, and that it was thou that causedst me to sleepe agayne, thou hast geuen lyfe to me.

English Revised Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, if me lyueth so, and the lijf of my spirit is in siche thingis, thou schalt chastise me, and schalt quykene me.

Update Bible Version
O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Therefore you recover me, and make me to live.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 English Translation
O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.'

New King James Version
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.

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

New Life Bible
O Lord, by these things men live. And in all these is the life of my spirit. O heal me, and let me live!

New Revised Standard
O Lord, by these things people live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh, restore me to health and make me live!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
O My Lord! on those things do men live, - And, altogether in them, is the life of my spirit, When thou hast strengthened me and made me live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord, if man’s life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.

Revised Standard Version
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!

Young's Literal Translation
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,

THE MESSAGE
O Master, these are the conditions in which people live, and yes, in these very conditions my spirit is still alive— fully recovered with a fresh infusion of life! It seems it was good for me to go through all those troubles. Throughout them all you held tight to my lifeline. You never let me tumble over the edge into nothing. But my sins you let go of, threw them over your shoulder—good riddance! The dead don't thank you, and choirs don't sing praises from the morgue. Those buried six feet under don't witness to your faithful ways. It's the living—live men, live women—who thank you, just as I'm doing right now. Parents give their children full reports on your faithful ways.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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!

Contextual Overview

⁹ THE PRAYER OF EZEKIAS KING OF JUDEA, WHEN HE HAD BEEN SICK, AND WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS SICKNESS. ¹⁰ I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years. ¹¹ I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man. ¹² My life has failed from among my kindred: I have parted with the remainder of my life: it has gone forth and departed from me, as one that having pitched a tent takes it down again: my breath was with me as a weaver’s web, when she that weaves draws nigh to cut off the thread. ¹³ In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night. ¹⁴ As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me, and removed the sorrow of my soul. ¹⁶ Yea, O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live. ¹⁷ For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me. ¹⁸ For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee, neither shall the dead bless thee, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy. ¹⁹ The living shall bless thee, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,

Bible Verse Review
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Isaiah 64:5, Deuteronomy 8:3, Job 33:19-28, Psalms 71:20, Matthew 4:4, 1 Corinthians 11:32, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Hebrews 12:10, Hebrews 12:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 118:17 - die Proverbs 3:22 - life John 11:25 - the life

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

2 Samuel 13:11
And she brought them to him to eat, and he caught hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

Ezekiel 16:33
She has even given rewards to all that went a-whoring after her, and thou hast given rewards to all thy lovers, yea, thou didst load them with rewards, that they should come to thee from every side for thy fornication.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O Lord, by these things men live,.... Not by bread only, but by the word of God: by the promise of God, and by his power performing it; and by his favour and goodness continually bestowed; it is in him, and by his power and providence, that they live and move, and have their being, and the continuance of it; and it is his lovingkindness manifested to them that makes them live comfortably and go on cheerfully:

and in all these things is the life of my spirit; what kept his soul in life were the same things, the promise, power, and providence of God; what revived his spirit, and made him comfortable and cheerful, was the wonderful love and great goodness of God unto him, in appearing to him, and for him, and delivering him out of his sore troubles. Ben Melech renders and gives the sense of the words thus; "to all will I declare and say, that in these", in the years of addition (the fifteen years added to his days) "are the life of my spirit"; so Kimchi. The Targum interprets it of the resurrection of the dead,

"O Lord, concerning all the dead, thou hast said, that thou wilt quicken them; and before them all thou hast quickened my spirit:''

so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live; or rather, "and" or "for thou hast recovered t me, and made me to live"; for the Lord had not only promised it, but he had done it, Isaiah 38:15, and so the Targum,

"and hast quickened me, and sustained me.''

t So Gataker.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O Lord, by these things men live - The design of this and the following verses is evidently to set forth the goodness of God, and to celebrate his praise for what he had done. The phrase ‘these things,’ refers evidently to the promises of God and their fulfillment; and the idea is, that people are sustained in the land of the living only by such gracious interpositions as he had experienced. It was not because people had any power of preserving their own lives, but because God interposed in time of trouble, and restored to health when there was no human prospect that they could recover.

And in all these things - In these promises, and in the divine interposition.

Is the life of my spirit - I am alive in virtue only of these things.

So wilt thou recover me - Or so hast thou recovered me; that is, thou hast restored me to health.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 38:16. By these things men live - "For this cause shall it be declared"] Περι αυτης γαρ ανηγγελη σοι, και εξηγειρας μου την πνοην, Sept. They read in their copies עליה יחוו לך ותחיי רוחי not very different from the present text, from which all the ancient Versions vary. They entirely omit two words, ולכל בהן 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 in the common Version, we may observe, it is not an unfrequent case, that afflictions, and especially such as tend to a speedy death, become the means, not only of saving the soul, but also of lengthening the life.

Make me to live - "Hast prolonged my life."] A MSS. and the Babylonish Talmud read ותחיני vetachayeni, and so the ancient Versions. It must necessarily be in the second person.