Verse 18

Isaiah 38:18

Free Bible Version

18 Those in the grave cannot praise you, the dead cannot praise you. Those who go down into the pit can no longer hope in your faithfulness.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖/ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑/ךָּ לֹֽא יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ב֖וֹר אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ

English Translation

For the grave cannot praise you; death cannot celebrate you; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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Chapter 38 Context

1 About this time Hezekiah fell very sick and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, went... Focus ↗

2 When Hezekiah heard this, he went to pray privately to the Lord, saying Focus ↗

3 “Please remember Lord how I have followed you faithfully with all my heart. I have done what is good... Focus ↗

4 Then the Lord sent a message to Isaiah, saying, Focus ↗

5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of your forefather David, says: I hav... Focus ↗

6 I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. Focus ↗

7 This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised: Focus ↗

8 Look, I will make the shadow made by the sun go back the ten steps that it has gone down on the stai... Focus ↗

9 This is what Hezekiah, king of Judah, wrote after he recovered from his sickness: Focus ↗

10 I said to myself, “Do I have to go to my death just as my life is going well? Why can't I count on t... Focus ↗

11 I said, “I will never again see the Lord, the Lord, in the land of the living. I won't see anyone el... Focus ↗

12 Like a shepherd's tent, the place where I live has been pulled up and taken away from me. Like a wea... Focus ↗

13 I lie there patiently until the morning, but I feel like there's a lion breaking every bone in my bo... Focus ↗

14 I scream like a swift or a songbird, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow dim as I look heavenwards. I'm... Focus ↗

15 Yet what can I say? He told me what was going to happen, and he himself did it. I will walk quietly... Focus ↗

16 Lord, we live by what you say and do, and I find life in all of this. You have given me back my heal... Focus ↗

17 It was definitely for my own good I went through this bitter experience. You in your love saved me f... Focus ↗

18 Those in the grave cannot praise you, the dead cannot praise you. Those who go down into the pit can...

19 It's only the living who can praise you as I'm doing today. Parents explain to their children how yo... Focus ↗

20 The Lord saved me! We will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the... Focus ↗

21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a dressing of figs and spread it on the skin sores so he may recover.” Focus ↗

22 Hezekiah had asked, “What is the sign to confirm that I will go to the Lord's Temple?” Focus ↗

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