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Isaiah 38

Is. 38:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, ψfor peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
I had great bitterness
marar (Hebrew #4843)
properly, to trickle (see 4752); but used only as a denominative from 4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, - ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Pronounce: maw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
mar (Hebrew #4751)
from 4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV usage: + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
Pronounce: mar
Origin: or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}
: but thou hast βin love
chashaq (Hebrew #2836)
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically (or by interchangeable for 2820) to deliver
KJV usage: have a delight, (have a ) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
Pronounce: khaw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
to my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
delivered it from the pit
shachath (Hebrew #7845)
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Pronounce: shakh'-ath
Origin: from 7743
o of corruption
bliy (Hebrew #1097)
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
KJV usage: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
Pronounce: bel-ee'
Origin: from 1086
: for thou hast cast
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
all my sins
chet' (Hebrew #2399)
a crime or its penalty
KJV usage: fault, X grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.
Pronounce: khate
Origin: from 2398
behind
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
thy back
gev (Hebrew #1460)
the back; by analogy, the middle
KJV usage: + among, back, body.
Pronounce: gave
Origin: from 1342 (corresponding to 1354)
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or, on my peace came.
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loved my soul from the pit.
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Sal. 40:2• 2E hízome sacar de un lago de miseria, del lodo cenagoso; Y puso mis pies sobre peña, y enderezó mis pasos. (Sal. 40:2)

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Peace,
Pit,
Sin,
Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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for peace I had great bitterness.
or, on my peace came greatbitterness.
Job 3:25‑26• 25Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, Y hame acontecido lo que temía.
 26No he tenido paz, no me aseguré, ni me estuve reposado; Vínome no obstante turbación. (Job 3:25‑26)
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Job 29:18• 18Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, Y como arena multiplicaré días. (Job 29:18)
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Sal. 30:6‑7• 6Y dije yo en mi prosperidad: No seré jamás conmovido;
 7Porque tú, Jehová, por tu benevolencia has asentado mi monte con fortaleza. Escondiste tu rostro, fuí conturbado. (Sal. 30:6‑7)
in love to my soul delivered it from the pit.
Heb. loved mysoul from the pit.
Sal. 30:3• 3Oh Jehová, hiciste subir mi alma del sepulcro; Dísteme vida, para que no descendiese á la sepultura. (Sal. 30:3)
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Sal. 40:2• 2E hízome sacar de un lago de miseria, del lodo cenagoso; Y puso mis pies sobre peña, y enderezó mis pasos. (Sal. 40:2)
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Sal. 86:13• 13Porque tu misericordia es grande para conmigo; Y has librado mi alma del hoyo profundo. (Sal. 86:13)
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Sal. 88:4‑6• 4Soy contado con los que descienden al hoyo, Soy como hombre sin fuerza:
 5Libre entre los muertos, Como los matados que yacen en el sepulcro, Que no te acuerdas más de ellos, Y que son cortados de tu mano.
 6Hasme puesto en el hoyo profundo, En tinieblas, en honduras. (Sal. 88:4‑6)
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Jon. 2:6• 6Descendí á las raíces de los montes; La tierra echó sus cerraduras sobre mí para siempre: Mas tú sacaste mi vida de la sepultura, oh Jehová Dios mío. (Jon. 2:6)
thou hast cast.
Is. 43:25• 25Yo, yo soy el que borro tus rebeliones por amor de mí; y no me acordaré de tus pecados. (Is. 43:25)
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Sal. 10:2• 2Con arrogancia el malo persigue al pobre: Serán cogidos en los artificios que han ideado. (Sal. 10:2)
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Sal. 85:2• 2Perdonaste la iniquidad de tu pueblo; Todos los pecados de ellos cubriste. (Selah.) (Sal. 85:2)
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Jer. 31:34• 34Y no enseñará más ninguno á su prójimo, ni ninguno á su hermano, diciendo: Conoce á Jehová: porque todos me conocerán, desde el más pequeño de ellos hasta el más grande, dice Jehová: porque perdonaré la maldad de ellos, y no me acordaré más de su pecado. (Jer. 31:34)
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Mi. 7:18‑19• 18¿Qué Dios como tú, que perdonas la maldad, y olvidas el pecado del resto de su heredad? No retuvo para siempre su enojo, porque es amador de misericordia.
 19El tornará, él tendrá misericordia de nosotros; él sujetará nuestras iniquidades, y echará en los profundos de la mar todos nuestros pecados. (Mi. 7:18‑19)
• It expresses what unconverted folk have sometimes found, as well as saints, when deeply tried or near to death. Hezekiah did not then concern himself with “my kingdom”, or “my wealth”, but “my soul”. He also become conscious of “my sins”, and that there was a “pit of corruption” into which his sins threatened to cast his soul. This must have been a very acute spiritual experience for him; and so it is equally for us.11 F.B.Hole, Isaiah, n.d. God does not move in circles but rather straight forward through the eternal ages, what He casts behind His back is there forever, and not as He said to Ephraim in Hosea 7:2, “before My face.” (“Isaiah 38-39” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, instead of peacei I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for [my] peace."