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In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/38.htm">New Living Translation</a> Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins. <a href="/esv/isaiah/38.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/38.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/38.htm">New King James Version</a> Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is Thou who hast kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Behold, for my own well-being I had great bitterness; But it is You who has held back my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/amp/isaiah/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness; But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction), For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/csb/isaiah/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Indeed, it was for my own welfare that I had such great bitterness; but Your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/asv/isaiah/38.htm">American Standard Version</a> Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <a href="/cev/isaiah/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> It was for my own good that I had such hard times. But your love protected me from doom in the deep pit, and you turned your eyes away from my sins. <a href="/erv/isaiah/38.htm">English Revised Version</a> Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/38.htm">Good News Translation</a> My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins. <a href="/isv/isaiah/38.htm">International Standard Version</a> Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back. <a href="/msb/isaiah/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/net/isaiah/38.htm">NET Bible</a> "Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <a href="/web/isaiah/38.htm">World English Bible</a> Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Behold, He changed bitterness to peace for me, "" And You have delighted in my soul without corruption, "" For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins. <a href="/slt/isaiah/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold, for peace bitterness, to me bitterness: and thou didst cleave to my soul from the pit of destruction: and thou didst cast all my sin behind my back.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou best delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/38.htm">New American Bible</a> Peace in place of bitterness! You have preserved my life from the pit of destruction; Behind your back you cast all my sins. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Surely it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but you have held back my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Behold, compared to peace, bitterness was bitter to me, and you were pleased with my soul that it will not be consumed by corruption, because you have cast behind your body all my sins<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Behold, for my peace I had great bitterness; But Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it From the pit of corruption; For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. <a href="/sep/isaiah/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8274" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/38.htm">Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving</a> …16O 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. 17<a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: lə·šā·lō·wm (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">for my own welfare</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: mar- (Adj-ms) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">I had such great</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4843.htm" title="4843: mār (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be bitter. A primitive root; properly, to trickle; but used only as a denominative from mar; to be bitter.">anguish;</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">but Your</a> <a href="/hebrew/2836.htm" title="2836: ḥā·šaq·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to cling, i.e. Join, to love, delight in; elliptically to deliver.">love</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.">has delivered me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7845.htm" title="7845: miš·ša·ḥaṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- A pit. From shuwach; a pit; figuratively, destruction.">from the pit</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: bə·lî (N-ms) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">of oblivion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: hiš·laḵ·tā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">You have cast</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2399.htm" title="2399: ḥă·ṭā·’āy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A sin. From chata'; a crime or its penalty.">my sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">behind</a> <a href="/hebrew/1460.htm" title="1460: ḡê·wə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- The back, the middle. From ga'ah; the back; by analogy, the middle.">Your back.</a> 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Psalm 103:3-4</a> He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, / who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion, <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. <a href="/psalms/30-2.htm">Psalm 30:2-3</a> O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. / O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit. <a href="/lamentations/3-32.htm">Lamentations 3:32-33</a> Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. <a href="/psalms/116-8.htm">Psalm 116:8-9</a> For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. / I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9-10</a> Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, <a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-3</a> For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. / He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. <a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a> Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. <a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a> For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5-6</a> “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. / I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Psalm 56:13</a> For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm">2 Corinthians 4:17-18</a> For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. / So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. <a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20-21</a> Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. / You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. <a href="/psalms/118-17.htm">Psalm 118:17-18</a> I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. / The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for you have cast all my sins behind your back.for peace I had great bitterness.<a href="/job/3-25.htm">Job 3:25,26</a> For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me… <a href="/job/29-18.htm">Job 29:18</a> Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.<a href="/psalms/30-6.htm">Psalm 30:6,7</a> And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved… <a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3</a> O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.<a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalm 40:2</a> He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.<a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a> For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.thou hast cast<a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a> I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.<a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Psalm 10:2</a> The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.<a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Psalm 85:2</a> Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-21.htm">Held</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">Nothingness</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-21.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-22.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/119-107.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-2.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-4.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/daniel/6-4.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Held</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-19.htm">Nothingness</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-8.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Welfare</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 38</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm">Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm">His song of thanksgiving.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; This phrase reflects the personal realization of King Hezekiah, who acknowledges that his suffering was ultimately for his benefit. In the biblical context, Hezekiah was gravely ill and faced death, as recorded in <a href="/isaiah/38.htm">Isaiah 38</a>. His anguish led him to seek God earnestly, which is a recurring theme in Scripture where trials lead to spiritual growth (<a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>). The idea that suffering can lead to a greater good is also seen in the life of Joseph (<a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a>) and in the New Testament with the Apostle Paul (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7-10</a>).but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, Hezekiah attributes his deliverance to God's love, emphasizing the divine intervention that saved him from death. The "pit of oblivion" metaphorically represents Sheol, the realm of the dead in ancient Hebrew thought. This deliverance is a testament to God's mercy and faithfulness, themes prevalent throughout the Psalms (<a href="/psalms/103-4.htm">Psalm 103:4</a>). The deliverance from death can also be seen as a type of Christ's resurrection, where Jesus was delivered from death, offering eternal life to believers (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a>).for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. This phrase highlights the forgiveness of sins, a central tenet of the biblical narrative. In ancient Near Eastern culture, casting something behind one's back signifies complete removal and disregard. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages that speak of God's forgiveness, such as <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where sins are removed "as far as the east is from the west." The ultimate fulfillment of this forgiveness is found in Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice on the cross provides the means for sins to be forgiven and forgotten (<a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Hebrews 10:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah who experienced a life-threatening illness and was miraculously healed by God. His prayer and God's response are central to this passage. 2. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's message to Hezekiah, including the prophecy of his recovery and the extension of his life. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital of Judah, where Hezekiah reigned and where these events took place. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_pit_of_oblivion.htm">The Pit of Oblivion</a> A metaphorical expression referring to Sheol or the grave, symbolizing death and separation from life. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_love_and_forgiveness.htm">God's Love and Forgiveness</a> The divine attributes highlighted in this verse, emphasizing God's mercy and the removal of sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/b/bitterness_and_growth.htm">Bitterness and Growth</a> Life's challenges, like Hezekiah's illness, can lead to spiritual growth and deeper reliance on God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> God's love is powerful enough to deliver us from the deepest pits, both physically and spiritually. <a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_renewal.htm">Forgiveness and Renewal</a> God's forgiveness is complete; He casts our sins behind His back, offering us a fresh start. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer.htm">The Role of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's earnest prayer is a model for us, showing the importance of turning to God in times of distress. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a> Even when facing dire circumstances, trusting in God's plan can lead to unexpected blessings and deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 38</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_overcome_sin.htm">How can I overcome sin?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jesus_suffer_greatly.htm">Why did Jesus endure extensive suffering?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jesus_conflicted_in_matthew_26_36-46.htm">In Matthew 26:36-46, why does Jesus seem conflicted about His fate if He was fully aware of His divine mission and outcome?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_disasters.htm">Why does God allow suffering? Why He can't stop disasters, earthquakes, tornadoes and storms from occurring?</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>(17) For peace I had great bitterness . . .--The words in the Authorised Version read like a retrospect of the change from health to suffering. Really, they express the very opposite. It was for my peace (i.e., for my salvation, in the fullest sense of the word) that it was bitter, was bitter unto me (emphasis of iteration). All things were now seen as "working together for good."Thou hast in love to my soul . . .--The italics show that the verbs "delivered it "are not in the present Hebrew text. A slight change, such as might be made to correct an error of transcription, would give that meaning, but as it stands, we have the singularly suggestive phrase, Thou hast loved me out of the pit of corruption. The very love of Jehovah is thought of as ipso facto a deliverance.Thou hast cast all my sins . . .--As in our Lord's miracles, the bodily healing was the pledge and earnest of the spiritual. "Arise and walk" guaranteed, "Thy sins be forgiven thee" (<a href="/context/matthew/9-2.htm" title="And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; your sins be forgiven you.">Matthew 9:2-5</a>). (For the symbols of that forgiveness, comp. <a href="/micah/7-19.htm" title="He will turn again, he will have compassion on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.">Micah 7:19</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; rather, behold, it was for my peace that I had such bitterness, such bitterness. The pain that I underwent was for the true peace and comfort of my soul (comp. <a href="/psalms/94-12.htm">Psalm 94:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/119-75.htm">Psalm 119:75</a>; <a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm">Proverbs 3:12</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a>). Thou hast in love, etc.; literally, thou hast loved my soul back from the pit of destruction - as if God's love, beaming on the monarch's soul, had drawn it back from the edge of the pit (comp. <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Hosea 11:4</a>, "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love"). For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Where they could be no more seen, and therefore would be no more remembered (comp. <a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a>; <a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalm 25:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalm 79:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a>, etc.). Hezekiah, though lately he protested his integrity (ver. 3). did not mean to say that he was sinless, lie knew that he had sinned; he regarded his sins as having brought down upon him the sentence of death; as God has revoked the sentence, he knows that he has pardoned his sins and put them away from his remembrance. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/38-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Surely, הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! for my welfare לְשָׁל֖וֹם (lə·šā·lō·wm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace I had such great anguish; מַר־ (mar-) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> Bitter, bitterness, bitterly but Your וְאַתָּ֞ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you love חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ (ḥā·šaq·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2836.htm">Strong's 2836: </a> To cling, join, to love, delight in, elliptically, to deliver has delivered me נַפְשִׁי֙ (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from the pit מִשַּׁ֣חַת (miš·ša·ḥaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7845.htm">Strong's 7845: </a> A pit, destruction of oblivion, בְּלִ֔י (bə·lî) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction You have cast הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ (hiš·laḵ·tā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> To throw out, down, away all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every my sins חֲטָאָֽי׃ (ḥă·ṭā·’āy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2399.htm">Strong's 2399: </a> A crime, its penalty behind אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part Your back. גֵוְךָ֖ (ḡê·wə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1460.htm">Strong's 1460: </a> The back, the middle <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 38:17 Behold for peace I had great anguish (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/38-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 38:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 38:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 38:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>