Isaiah 38:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“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.”

— ASV

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Commentary

by these--namely, by God's benefits, which are implied in the context (Isa 38:15, "He hath Himself done it" "unto me"). All "men live by these" benefits (Psa 104:27-30), "and in all these is the life of my spirit," that is, I also live by them (Deu 8:3). and (wilt) make me to live--The Hebrew is imperative, "make me to live." In this view he adds a prayer to the confident hope founded on his comparative convalescence, which he expressed, "Thou wilt recover me" [MAURER].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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