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He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/38.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But what could I say? For he himself sent this sickness. Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done <i>it</i>: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done <i>it.</i> I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will walk quietly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220What 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I shall wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“What shall I say? Indeed, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />There's nothing I can say in answer to you, since you are the one who has done this to me. My life has turned sour; I will limp until I die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />What can I say now that he has spoken to me? He has done this. I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What can I say? The LORD has done this. My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> -- 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this? I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />What am I to say or tell him? He is the one who has done it! All my sleep has fled, because of the bitterness of my soul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But what can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. All my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When the LORD is against men, shall they live? But because of the life of my spirit, heal me and make me to live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And what shall I say? He has spoken to me, and he has acted and has chased away all sleep because of the bitterness of my soul<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.and removed the sorrow of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8250" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.” <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ’ă·ḏab·bêr (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">can I say?</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He has spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">and He Himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">has done this.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1718.htm" title="1718: ’ed·dad·deh (V-Hitpael-Imperf-1cs) -- Perhaps to move slowly. A doubtful root; to walk gently.">I will walk slowly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·nō·w·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">my years</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: mar (Adj-msc) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">the anguish</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">of my soul.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-9.htm">Psalm 39:9</a></span><br />I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-39.htm">Lamentations 3:39</a></span><br />Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-67.htm">Psalm 119:67</a></span><br />Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-71.htm">Psalm 119:71</a></span><br />It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Hebrews 12:11</a></span><br />No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a></span><br />Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a></span><br />In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials / so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a></span><br />Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. / And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/116-12.htm">Psalm 116:12-14</a></span><br />How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me? / I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. / I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-1.htm">Psalm 103:1-5</a></span><br />Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name. / Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds— / He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11-12</a></span><br />You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, / that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">2 Kings 20:3</a></span><br />“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a></span><br />“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.</p><p class="hdg">what</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-8.htm">Joshua 7:8</a></b></br> O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-10.htm">Ezra 9:10</a></b></br> And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-9.htm">Psalm 39:9,10</a></b></br> I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst <i>it</i>… </p><p class="hdg">I shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.</p><p class="hdg">in the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10</a></b></br> And she <i>was</i> in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27</a></b></br> And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul <i>is</i> vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid <i>it</i> from me, and hath not told me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11</a></b></br> Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/30-6.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-3.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-4.htm">Humbly</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-20.htm">Side</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-6.htm">Softly</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-2.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Wander</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Carefully</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Humbly</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Side</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/acts/27-13.htm">Softly</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Wander</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">His song of thanksgiving.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>What can I say?</b><br>This phrase reflects a moment of introspection and humility. It suggests a recognition of human limitations in understanding God's actions. In the context of <a href="/isaiah/38.htm">Isaiah 38</a>, King Hezekiah has just experienced a miraculous healing and extension of life. This rhetorical question underscores the awe and reverence one should have before God's sovereign will, similar to Job's response to God's overwhelming presence (<a href="/job/42.htm">Job 42:1-6</a>).<p><b>He has spoken to me,</b><br>This acknowledges direct communication from God, emphasizing the personal relationship between God and His chosen leaders. In the historical context, God communicated with Hezekiah through the prophet Isaiah, who delivered messages of both warning and hope. This phrase highlights the importance of prophecy in the Old Testament, where God often revealed His plans and purposes through His prophets (<a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a>).<p><b>and He Himself has done this.</b><br>This statement attributes the actions directly to God, affirming His active role in the events of Hezekiah's life. It reflects the belief in God's sovereignty and His ability to intervene in human affairs. The healing of Hezekiah and the sign of the sun's shadow moving backward (<a href="/isaiah/38-7.htm">Isaiah 38:7-8</a>) serve as a testament to God's power and faithfulness, reminiscent of other divine interventions such as the parting of the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-22</a>).<p><b>I will walk slowly all my years</b><br>This phrase suggests a commitment to live a life marked by reflection and gratitude. The idea of walking slowly can be seen as a metaphor for living with intentionality and awareness of God's presence. It echoes the biblical theme of walking with God, as seen in the lives of Enoch (<a href="/genesis/5-24.htm">Genesis 5:24</a>) and Noah (<a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a>), who are described as walking faithfully with God.<p><b>because of the anguish of my soul.</b><br>Hezekiah's experience of illness and recovery brought about deep emotional and spiritual reflection. The anguish mentioned here can be understood as a catalyst for spiritual growth and dependence on God. This mirrors the biblical principle that suffering can lead to a deeper understanding of God's grace and purpose, as seen in the life of the Apostle Paul, who found strength in weakness (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah who fell ill and was told by the prophet Isaiah that he would die. After praying to God, his life was extended by fifteen years.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament who delivered God's message to King Hezekiah regarding his illness and recovery.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, where Hezekiah reigned and where these events took place.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who communicates with Hezekiah through Isaiah and ultimately heals him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, it is significant as the place where Hezekiah would have gone to pray and seek God's favor.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_god's_sovereignty.htm">Acknowledging God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Hezekiah's response to God's message highlights the importance of recognizing God's ultimate authority over our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Hezekiah's earnest prayer and God's response demonstrate the effectiveness of sincere prayer in times of distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_humility.htm">Walking in Humility</a></b><br>The phrase "I will walk slowly all my years" suggests a posture of humility and reflection, which believers are encouraged to adopt in their spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/enduring_through_anguish.htm">Enduring Through Anguish</a></b><br>Hezekiah's experience teaches us that periods of suffering can lead to deeper spiritual insights and growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_plan.htm">Trusting in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when faced with dire circumstances, trusting in God's plan and timing is crucial for maintaining faith and peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_experience_hematidrosis.htm">Why did Jesus experience hematidrosis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_the_virgin_mary.htm">Who was the Virgin Mary?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_could_god_'deceive'_jeremiah.htm">In Jeremiah 20:7, how could an all-honest God 'deceive' Jeremiah if He is truly without falsehood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_suffer_greatly.htm">Why did Jesus endure extensive suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">What shall I say?</span>--With the same force as in <a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm" title="And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.">2Samuel 7:20</a>; <a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm" title="And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:">Hebrews 11:32</a>. Words fail to express the wonder and the gratitude of the sufferer who has thus been rescued for the fulfilment which followed so immediately on the promise.<p><span class= "bld">I shall go softly . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">That I should walk at ease upon </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., because of, </span>or, as others take it, <span class= "ital">in spite of</span>)<span class= "ital"> the trouble of my soul. </span>The verb is used in <a href="/psalms/42-4.htm" title="When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day.">Psalm 42:4</a> of a festal procession to the Temple, but here refers simply to the journey of life, and implies that it is to be carried on to the end as with calm and considerate steps. The Authorised Version suggests wrongly the thought of a life-long bitterness.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What shall I say?</span> The strain is suddenly changed. Hezekiah's prayer has been answered, and he has received the answer (vers. 5-8). He is "at a loss to express his wonder and his gratitude" (Cheyne); comp. <a href="/2_samuel/7-20.htm">2 Samuel 7:20</a>. God has both spoken unto him - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, given him a promise of recovery - and also himself hath done <span class="accented">it</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> has performed his promise. Already he feels in himself the beginnings of amendment - he is conscious that the worst is past, and that the malady has taken a turn for the better. <span class="cmt_word">I shall go softly all my years</span>. Delitzsch renders, "I shall walk quietly;" Mr. Cheyne, "I shall walk at ease;" both apparently understanding the expression of a quiet, easy life, made the more pleasant by contrast with past pain. But it seems better to understand the "soft going," with Dr. Kay, of a hushed and subdued spirit, consequent upon the crisis past, and thenceforth continuing - the king walking, as it were, perpetually in God's presence. <span class="cmt_word">In the bitterness</span>; rather, <span class="accented">after the bitterness</span> (Delitzsch), when it has departed; and "because <span class="accented">of</span> it" (Nagelsbach), through its remembrance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/38-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">What</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(māh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can I say?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדַבֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He has spoken to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָֽמַר־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He</span><br /><span class="heb">וְה֣וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Himself has done this.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשָׂ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will walk slowly</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ed·dad·deh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1718.htm">Strong's 1718: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to move slowly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my years</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנוֹתַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the anguish</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bitter, bitterness, bitterly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my soul.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִֽׁי׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/38-15.htm">Isaiah 38:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 38:15 What will I say? 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