Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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

What can I say?
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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

it I shall go softly
דּדה 
Dadah 
went, go softly
Usage: 2

all my years
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

in the bitterness
מרה מר 
Mar 
Usage: 38

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Hezekiah's Illness

14 Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
15 What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 “O Lord, by these things men live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
O restore me to health and let me live!

Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

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.

Job 10:1

I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Joshua 7:8

O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies?

1 Samuel 1:10

She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

2 Kings 4:27

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

Ezra 9:10

“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

Job 21:25

While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.

Psalm 39:9-10

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

John 12:27

Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

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