Isaiah 38:17

Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

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WEBBE

Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] 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.

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הִנֵּה hi·neh here H2009 לְשָׁלוֹם le·sha·lom for welfare H7965 מַר־ mar- it was bitter H4843 לִי li to me H9030 מָר mar bitterly H4751 וְאַתָּה ve·'a·tah and you H859 חָשַׁקְתָּ cha·shak·ta you loved H2836 נַפְשִׁי naf·shi life my H5315 מִשַּׁחַת mi·sha·chat from [the] pit of H7845 בְּלִי be·li destruction H1097 כִּי ki for H3588 הִשְׁלַכְתָּ hish·lakh·ta you threw away H7993 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei behind H310 גֵוְךָ ge·ve·kha back your H1460 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 חֲטָאָי cha·ta·'ai sins my H2399

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GodRepentanceCorruption

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.