Isaiah 38:17

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

though instead of peace, I felt very bitter. You desired my life and preserved it from the nothingness pit; for you threw all my sins behind your back.

Berean Standard Bible:

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.

American Standard Version:

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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Behold, for peace^{H7965} I had great bitterness^{{H4751}{H4843}}: but thou hast in love^{H2836} to my soul^{H5315} delivered it from the pit^{H7845} of corruption^{H1097}: for thou hast cast^{H7993} all my sins^{H2399} behind^{H310} thy back^{H1460}.

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Commentary for Isaiah 38:17

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H7965
   There are 208 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: שָׁלוֹם
   Transliteration: shâlôwm
   Pronunciation: shaw-lome'
   Description: or שָׁלֹם; from שָׁלַם; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace; [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.
   
2. Strong's Number: H4751
   There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מַר
   Transliteration: mar
   Pronunciation: mar
   Description: or (feminine) מָרָה; from מָרַר; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly; [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
   
3. Strong's Number: H4843
   There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מָרַר
   Transliteration: mârar
   Pronunciation: maw-rar'
   Description: a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see מַר); but used only as a denominative from מַר; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively); (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
   
4. Strong's Number: H2836
   There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חָשַׁק
   Transliteration: châshaq
   Pronunciation: khaw-shak'
   Description: a primitive root; also interchangeable for חָשַׂךְ; to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver; have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
   
5. Strong's Number: H5315
   There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
   Transliteration: nephesh
   Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
   Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
   
6. Strong's Number: H7845
   There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: שַׁחַת
   Transliteration: shachath
   Pronunciation: shakh'-ath
   Description: from שׁוּחַ; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction; corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
   
7. Strong's Number: H1097
   There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: בְּלִי
   Transliteration: bᵉlîy
   Pronunciation: bel-ee'
   Description: from בָּלָה; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.; corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
   
8. Strong's Number: H7993
   There are 121 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: שָׁלַךְ
   Transliteration: shâlak
   Pronunciation: shaw-lak
   Description: a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively); adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
   
9. Strong's Number: H2399
   There are 33 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חֵטְא
   Transliteration: chêṭᵉʼ
   Pronunciation: khate
   Description: from חָטָא; a crime or its penalty; fault, [idiom] grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.
   
10. Strong's Number: H310
    There are 766 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַחַר
    Transliteration: ʼachar
    Pronunciation: akh-ar'
    Description: from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
    
11. Strong's Number: H1460
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גֵּו
    Transliteration: gêv
    Pronunciation: gave
    Description: from גָּאָה (corresponding to גַב); the back; by analogy, the middle; [phrase] among, back, body.