Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Isaiah 38:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 38:17 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, for peace [07965] I had great bitterness [04751] [04843]: but thou hast in love [02836] to my soul [05315] delivered it from the pit [07845] of corruption [01097]: for thou hast cast [07993] all my sins [02399] behind [0310] thy back [01460]. |
| |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
for peace--instead of the prosperity which I had previously.
great bitterness--literally, "bitterness to me, bitterness"; expressing intense emotion.
in love--literally, "attachment," such as joins one to another tenderly; "Thou hast been lovingly attached to me from the pit"; pregnant phrase for, Thy love has gone down to the pit, and drawn me out from it. The "pit" is here simply death, in Hezekiah's sense; realized in its fulness only in reference to the soul's redemption from hell by Jesus Christ (Isa 61:1), who went down to the pit for that purpose Himself (Psa 88:4-6; Zac 9:11-12; Heb 13:20). "Sin" and sickness are connected (Psa 103:3; compare Isa 53:4, with Mat 8:17; Mat 9:5-6), especially under the Old Testament dispensation of temporal sanctions; but even now, sickness, though not invariably arising from sin in individuals, is connected with it in the general moral view.
cast . . . behind back--consigned my sins to oblivion. The same phrase occurs (Kg1 14:9; Neh 9:26; Psa 50:17). Contrast Psa 90:8, "Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Behold, for peace - That is, instead of the health, happiness, and prosperity which I had enjoyed, and which I hope still to enjoy.
I had great bitterness - Hebrew, 'Bitterness to me, bitterness;' an emphatic expression, denoting intense sorrow.
But thou hast in love to my soul - Margin, 'Loved my soul from the pit.' The word which occurs here (חשׁקת châshaqtâ) denotes properly to join or fasten together; then to be attached to anyone; to be united tenderly; to embrace. Here it means that God had loved him, and had thus delivered his soul from death.
Delivered it from the pit of corruption - The word rendered "corruption" (בלי belı̂y), denotes consumption, destruction, perdition. It may be applied to the grave, or to the deep and dark abode of departed spirits; and the phrase here is evidently synonymous with sheol or hades. The grave, or the place for the dead, is often represented as a pit - deep and dark - to which the living descend (Job 17:16; Job 33:18, Job 33:24-25, Job 33:30; Psa 28:1; Psa 30:3; Psa 55:23; Psa 69:15; Psa 88:4; compare Isa 14:15, note, Isa 14:19, note).
For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back - Thou hast forgiven them; hast ceased to punish me on account of them. This shows that Hezekiah, in accordance with the sentiment everywhere felt and expressed in the Bible, regarded his suffering as the fruit of sin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
For peace I had great bitterness "My anguish is changed into ease" - מר לי מר mar li mar, "mutata mthi est amaritudo." Paronomasia; a figure which the prophet frequently admits. I do not always note it, because it cannot ever be preserved in the translation, and the sense seldom depends upon it. But here it perfectly clears up the great obscurity of the passage. See Lowth on the place.
Thou hast rescued - חשכת chashachta, with כ caph, instead of ק koph; so the Septuagint and Vulgate; Houbigant. See Chappelow on Job 33:18.
From perdition - משחת בלי mishshachath beli, ἱνα μη αποληται, Sept. ut non periret, "that it may not perish." Vulg. Perhaps inverting the order of the words. See Houbigant.
Thou hast in love to my soul - חשקת chashakta, "thou hast lovingly embraced" or kissed "my soul out of the pit of corruption." |
8 Thou hast set [07896] our iniquities [05771] before thee, our secret [05956] sins in the light [03974] of thy countenance [06440].
17 Seeing thou hatest [08130] instruction [04148], and castest [07993] my words [01697] behind [0310] thee.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient [04784], and rebelled [04775] against thee, and cast [07993] thy law [08451] behind [0310] their backs [01458], and slew [02026] thy prophets [05030] which testified [05749] against them to turn [07725] them to thee, and they wrought [06213] great [01419] provocations [05007].
9 But hast done [06213] evil [07489] above all that were before [06440] thee: for thou hast gone [03212] and made [06213] thee other [0312] gods [0430], and molten images [04541], to provoke me to anger [03707], and hast cast [07993] me behind [0310] thy back [01458]:
5 For [1063] whether [5101] is [2076] easier [2123], to say [2036], Thy sins [266] be forgiven [863] thee [4671]; or [2228] to say [2036], Arise [1453], and [2532] walk [4043]?
6 But [1161] that [2443] ye may know [1492] that [3754] the Son [5207] of man [444] hath [2192] power [1849] on [1909] earth [1093] to forgive [863] sins [266], (then [5119] saith he [3004] to the sick of the palsy [3885],) Arise [1453], take up [142] thy [4675] bed [2825], and [2532] go [5217] unto [1519] thine [4675] house [3624].
17 That it might [3704] be fulfilled [4137] which was spoken [4483] by [1223] Esaias [2268] the prophet [4396], saying [3004], Himself [846] took [2983] our [2257] infirmities [769], and [2532] bare [941] our sicknesses [3554].
4 Surely [0403] he hath borne [05375] our griefs [02483], and carried [05445] our sorrows [04341]: yet we did esteem [02803] him stricken [05060], smitten [05221] of God [0430], and afflicted [06031].
3 Who forgiveth [05545] all thine iniquities [05771]; who healeth [07495] all thy diseases [08463];
20 Now [1161] the God [2316] of peace [1515], that brought again [321] from [1537] the dead [3498] our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], that great [3173] shepherd [4166] of the sheep [4263], through [1722] the blood [129] of the everlasting [166] covenant [1242],
11 As for thee also, by the blood [01818] of thy covenant [01285] I have sent forth [07971] thy prisoners [0615] out of the pit [0953] wherein is no water [04325].
12 Turn [07725] you to the strong hold [01225], ye prisoners [0615] of hope [08615]: even to day [03117] do I declare [05046] that I will render [07725] double [04932] unto thee;
4 I am counted [02803] with them that go down [03381] into the pit [0953]: I am as a man [01397] that hath no strength [0353]:
5 Free [02670] among the dead [04191], like the slain [02491] that lie [07901] in the grave [06913], whom thou rememberest [02142] no more: and they are cut off [01504] from thy hand [03027].
6 Thou hast laid [07896] me in the lowest [08482] pit [0953], in darkness [04285], in the deeps [04688].
1 The Spirit [07307] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] is upon me; because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] me to preach good tidings [01319] unto the meek [06035]; he hath sent [07971] me to bind up [02280] the brokenhearted [07665] [03820], to proclaim [07121] liberty [01865] to the captives [07617], and the opening of the prison [06495] to them that are bound [0631];
19 But thou art cast out [07993] of thy grave [06913] like an abominable [08581] branch [05342], and as the raiment [03830] of those that are slain [02026], thrust through [02944] with a sword [02719], that go down [03381] to the stones [068] of the pit [0953]; as a carcase [06297] trodden under feet [0947].
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down [03381] to hell [07585], to the sides [03411] of the pit [0953].
4 I am counted [02803] with them that go down [03381] into the pit [0953]: I am as a man [01397] that hath no strength [0353]:
15 Let not the waterflood [04325] [07641] overflow [07857] me, neither let the deep [04688] swallow me up [01104], and let not the pit [0875] shut [0332] her mouth [06310] upon me.
23 But thou, O God [0430], shalt bring them down [03381] into the pit [0875] of destruction [07845]: bloody [01818] and deceitful [04820] men [0582] shall not live out half [02673] their days [03117]; but I will trust [0982] in thee.
3 O LORD [03068], thou hast brought up [05927] my soul [05315] from the grave [07585]: thou hast kept me alive [02421], that I should not go down [03381] [03381] to the pit [0953].
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Unto thee will I cry [07121], O LORD [03068] my rock [06697]; be not silent [02814] to me: lest, if thou be silent [02790] to me, I become [04911] like them that go down [03381] into the pit [0953].
30 To bring back [07725] his soul [05315] from the pit [07845], to be enlightened [0215] with the light [0216] of the living [02416].
24 Then he is gracious [02603] unto him, and saith [0559], Deliver [06308] him from going down [03381] to the pit [07845]: I have found [04672] a ransom [03724].
25 His flesh [01320] shall be fresher [07375] than a child's [05290]: he shall return [07725] to the days [03117] of his youth [05934]:
18 He keepeth back [02820] his soul [05315] from the pit [07845], and his life [02416] from perishing [05674] by the sword [07973].
16 They shall go down [03381] to the bars [0905] of the pit [07585], when our rest [05183] together [03162] is in the dust [06083].
18 He keepeth back [02820] his soul [05315] from the pit [07845], and his life [02416] from perishing [05674] by the sword [07973].