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Isaiah 38:16

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14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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.

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.

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.

18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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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.
KJV
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.
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.
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.
BLB
O Lord, upon these they live; and in all of them is the life of my spirit; and You have restored me and have let me live.
ÅB
Herre! Ved dem[^3] lever mennesket, og ved dem blir alt min ånds liv oppholdt; så gjør meg frisk og la meg leve!
OTB
Herre, ved slike ting lever folk; og i alle disse er mitt ånds liv. Gjenopprett meg til helse og la meg leve.
B1930
Herre! Ved dem lever mennesket, og ved dem blir alt min ånds liv opholdt; så gjør mig frisk og la mig leve! / < ved dine ord; 5MO 8, 3. MTT 4, 4.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 119:25

    My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:32

    But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Job 33:19–28

    He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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;

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