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Isaiah 38:15

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13 I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

14 I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

16 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.

17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

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BSB
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
KJV
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.
WEB
What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
ASV
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
DARBY
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.
BLB
What can I say? For He has said [it] to me and He Himself has done [it]. I move about all my days upon the bitterness of my soul.
ÅB
Hva skal jeg si? Han har både sagt meg det, og han har gjort det[^2]; stille vil jeg vandre alle mine år etter min sjels bitre smerte.
OTB
Men hva skal jeg si? Han har talt til meg, og Han selv har gjort det. Jeg vil vandre ydmykt alle mine år på grunn av denne sjelens angst.
B1930
Hvad skal jeg si? Han har både sagt mig det, og han har gjort det; stille vil jeg vandre alle mine år efter min sjels bitre smerte. / < JES 38, 4 fg.>

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Cross references

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • 1 Kings 21:27

    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

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  • Job 10:1

    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • Job 21:25

    Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

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  • 2 Kings 4:27

    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

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  • Joshua 7:8

    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

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  • John 12:27

    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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  • Ezra 9:10

    And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments

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