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Isaiah 38:17

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17Behold, ||for peace I had great bitterness:

But †thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:

For xthou hast cast all my sins ybehind thy back.

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  1. ||Or, on my peace came great bitterness.
  2. †Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit.
  3. xSo Mic. 7:19. Comp. Ps. 103:12. ch. 33:24.
  4. yComp. Hos. 7:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, it was for my welfare

that I had great bitterness;

but in love you have delivered my life

from the pit of destruction,

for you have cast all my sins

behind your back.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Surely it was for my benefit

that I suffered such anguish.

In your love you kept me

from the pit of destruction;

you have put all my sins

behind your back.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Indeed, it was for my own well-being

that I had such intense bitterness;

but your love has delivered me

from the Pit of destruction,

for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, this anguish was good for me,

for you have rescued me from death

and forgiven all my sins.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace.

And you were the one who loved my life from the pit of destruction,

for you have cast all my sins behind your back.