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Isaiah 38:17

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.

KJV

Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima. Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret ; projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.

Vulgate

εἵλου γάρ μου τὴν ψυχὴν ἵνα μὴ ἀπόληται, καὶ ἀπέριψας ὀπίσω μου πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας.

LXX

Behold, it wasformypeacethatI 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.

ASV

הִנֵּ֥ה לְ/שָׁל֖וֹם מַר לִ֣/י מָ֑ר וְ/אַתָּ֞ה חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ נַפְשִׁ/י֙ מִ/שַּׁ֣חַת בְּלִ֔י כִּ֥י הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גֵוְ/ךָ֖ כָּל חֲטָאָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
גֵ֣ו
gv
noun · 7×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הֵמַ֥ר
hmr
verb · 14×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֵֽטְא
cht'
noun · 35×
חָשַׁק֙
chshq
verb · 11×
י
y
noun · 752×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַר
mr
verb · 39×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
שַּׁ֣חַת
shcht
noun · 22×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:42 — So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
  • 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Jer 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: fo
  • Job 3:25 — For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
  • Job 7:11 — 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.
  • Job 29:18 — Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
  • Job 33:30 — To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
  • Jonah 2:4 — Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
  • Jonah 2:6 — I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
  • Jonah 2:6 — I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
  • Lam 3:17 — And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
  • Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • Mic 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Num 23:21 — He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
  • Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  • Ps 25:7 — Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
  • Ps 30:3 — 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.
  • Ps 30:3 — 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.
  • Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
  • Ps 30:7 — LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
  • Ps 40:2 — 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.
  • Ps 51:9 — Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
  • Ps 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 85:2 — Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 88:4 — I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
  • Ps 88:4 — I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
  • Ps 103:12 — As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.