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Isaiah 38:15
Isaiah 38:15 is verse 15 of Isaiah chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
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.
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Isaiah 38:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
14 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.”
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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.
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.
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 and has not told me.”
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.
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.