Isaiah 38:15
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Whatמָֽה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
shall I say?אֲדַבֵּ֥ר
(a·dab·ber)
1696: to speaka prim. root
For He has spokenוְאָֽמַר־
(ve·'a·mar-)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to me, and He Himselfוְה֣וּא
(ve·hu)
1931: he, she, ita prim. pronoun
has doneעָשָׂ֑ה
(a·sah;)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
it; I will wanderאֶדַּדֶּ֥ה
(ed·dad·deh)
1718: perhaps to move slowlya prim. root
about allכָל־
(chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
my yearsשְׁנֹותַ֖י
(she·no·v·tai)
8141: a yearfrom shana
becauseעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
of the bitternessמַ֥ר
(mar)
4751: bitter, bitternessfrom marar
of my soul.נַפְשִֽׁי׃
(naf·shi.)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
What shall I say
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
he hath both spoken
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto me and himself hath done
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it I shall go softly
dadah  (daw-daw')
to walk gently -- go (softly, with).
all my years
shaneh  (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
in the bitterness
mar  (mar)
bitter; also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, great, heavy.
of my soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul,

International Standard Version
What can I say, so I tell myself, since he has done this to me? I will walk slowly all my years because of my soul's anguish.

NET Bible
What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What can I say now that he has spoken to me? He has done this. I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience.

King James 2000 Bible
What shall I say? he has both spoken unto me, and he himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
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