Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What shall I say? The Lord hath made a promise to me. Yea, and he himself hath performed it. I shall therefore, as long as I live, remember bitterness of my life.
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
He has spoken to me,
and He Himself has done it.
I walk along slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul,
International Standard Version
What can I say, so I tell myself, since he has done this to me? I will walk slowly all my years because of my soul's anguish.
A Conservative Version
What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander aimlessly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Bible in Basic English
What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
What shall I speak? and he said to me, and he did: I shall go slowly all my years upon the bitterness of my soul.
King James 2000
What shall I say? he has both spoken unto me, and he himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done [it]. I will walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Modern King James verseion
What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has acted; I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
NET Bible
What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
What can I say? Since he hath promised for me, Himself, will perform. I will go softly, all my years. Because of the bitterness of my soul,
Webster
What shall I say? he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
-- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.
Themes
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Interlinear
Dabar
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 38:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hezekiah's Illness
14 Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.' 15 What shall I say? The Lord hath made a promise to me. Yea, and he himself hath performed it. I shall therefore, as long as I live, remember bitterness of my life. 16 O LORD, men may live beyond their years, and I will declare to all men that even in those years, it was thou that causedest me to sleep, and again thou hast given me life.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth about his flesh and fasted, and lay in sack and went comfortless.
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.
Job 10:1
It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul,
Joshua 7:8
Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies?
1 Samuel 1:10
And she was troubled in her spirits, and prayed unto the LORD and wept sore,
2 Kings 4:27
Then she went to the man of God up to the hill and caught him by the feet. And Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away. But the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is vexed, and the LORD hath hid it from me and hath not told it me."
Ezra 9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments,
Job 21:25
Another dieth in sorrow and heaviness, and never had good days.
Psalm 39:9-10
I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing.
John 12:27
"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say, 'Father deliver me from this hour?' But therefore came I unto this hour.