Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression is on me, be my surety. 15 -- 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. 16 Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,
Cross References
1 Kings 21:27
And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.
Job 7:11
Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1
My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Joshua 7:8
Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
1 Samuel 1:10
And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,
2 Kings 4:27
And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.'
Ezra 9:10
'And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,
Job 21:25
And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
Psalm 39:9-10
I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.
John 12:27
Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say -- Father, save me from this hour? -- but because of this I came to this hour;