Isaiah 38:15

In 11 translations

BSB

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

What do I say? Seeing He spoke to me, || And He Himself has worked, || I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

YLT

— 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.

DBY

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.

DRC

What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

GNV

What shall I say? for he hath said it to me, and he hath done it: I shall walke weakely all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.

JPS

What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and Himself hath done it; I shall go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

LXXE

and removed the sorrow of my soul.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מָֽה־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְאָֽמַר־לִ֖י וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑ה אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה כָל־שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἀφείλατό μου τὴν ὀδύνην τῆς ψυχῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
• Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 21:25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
• Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
• John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
• Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
• Psalms 39:9–10I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
• 1 Samuel 1:10In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
• 2 Kings 4:27When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me…

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