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Isaiah 38:16
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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.
Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.
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.
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!
"Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!
Lord, because of you, people live. Because of you, my spirit also lives; you made me well and let me live.
"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!
Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.
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.
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!
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.
Your words and your deeds bring life to everyone, including me. Please make me healthy and strong again.
Adonai, by these things people live; in all these is the life of my spirit. You're restoring my health and giving me life —
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.
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!
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.
Lord, I will live for you, for you alone; Heal me and let me live.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yea, O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.
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.
Lord, if me lyueth so, and the lijf of my spirit is in siche thingis, thou schalt chastise me, and schalt quykene me.
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.
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.
O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.'
Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live!
O Lord, by these things men live. And in all these is the life of my spirit. O heal me, and let me live!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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,
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.
"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
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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
You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Now when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."
Men make payment to all harlots, but you made your payments to all your lovers, and hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.
and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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 âthese things,â 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"] ΠεÏι Î±Ï ÏÎ·Ï Î³Î±Ï Î±Î½Î·Î³Î³ÎµÎ»Î· Ïοι, και εξηγειÏÎ±Ï Î¼Î¿Ï Ïην Ïνοην, Sept. They read in their copies ×¢××× ×××× ×× ×ת××× ×¨××× not very different from the present text, from which all the ancient Versions vary. They entirely omit two words, ×××× ××× ulecol bahen; as to which there is some variation in the MSS. One MS. has ×××× ubechol, and in all; two others ××× vechol, and all, and ten MSS. have ××× 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 ×ת××× × vetachayeni, and so the ancient Versions. It must necessarily be in the second person.