Isaiah 38:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
Isaiah 38:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Isaiah 38:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Isaiah 38:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.”
Isaiah 38:18 — World English Bible
Isaiah 38:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. ”
Isaiah 38:18 — American Standard Version
Isaiah 38:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.”
Isaiah 38:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Isaiah 38:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth. ”
Isaiah 38:18 — Darby Translation
Isaiah 38:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.”
Isaiah 38:18 — Geneva Bible
Isaiah 38:18 in Context — Isaiah 38
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17 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.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
What Does Isaiah 38:18 Mean?
Isaiah 38:18 is a verse from the Book of Isaiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah chapter 38. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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