17 Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. Read full chapter Isaiah 38:17 in all English translations Isaiah 37 Isaiah 39 New International Version (NIV) Isaiah 38:17 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. Bible > Isaiah > Chapter 38 > Verse 17 eBibles • Free Downloads • Audio Isaiah 38:17 Audio Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version
Isaiah 3817 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me
(17) For peace I had great bitterness . . . —The words in the Authorised Version read like a retrospect of the change from health to suffering. Really, they express the very opposite. It was for my peace ( i.e., for my salvation, in the fullest sense of the word) that it was bitter, was bitter unto me (emphasis of iteration). VERSE Isaiah 38:17 "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." King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Isaiah 38:17 Context Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. American Standard Version 17 Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins. MSG 17 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! CSB
Isaiah 3817 KJV Behold, for peace I had great bitterness but
Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 38:17 NIV Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. NIV: New International Version Read Isaiah 38 Bible App Bible App for Kids Compare All Versions: Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 38:17 17 mBehold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; nbut in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, nfor you have cast all my sins behind your back. John 10:27 27 nMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. Read more Explain verse Show footnotes Isaiah 38. 38. Hezekiah's Illness. 1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death.. 17 Surely it was for my benefit. that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me. from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins. behind your back. 18 For the grave cannot praise you, DRA Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. ERV Look, my troubles are gone! I now have peace. You love me very much. You did not let me rot in the grave. You took my sins and threw them away. EASY
Isaiah 3817 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness but you have in love to my soul delivered
Isaiah 38:17 ESV Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. NIV Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. Isaiah 38:17-20 NIV. Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living—they praise you.
Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content Isaiah 38:17 King James Version 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. Read full chapter Isaiah 38:17 in all English translations Isaiah 37 Isaiah 39 King James Version (KJV) Verse Isaiah 38:17. For peace I had great bitterness - "My anguish is changed into ease"] מר לי מר mar li mar, "mutata mthi est amaritudo." Paronomasia; a figure which the prophet frequently admits. I do not always note it, because it cannot ever be preserved in the translation, and the sense seldom depends upon it.
Isaiah 3817 KJV Behold, for peace I had great bitterness but
13 I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me. 14 I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!" 15 But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. International Standard Version Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.
