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Isaiah 38:18

American Standard Version

For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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Isaiah 38:18 in other translations

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 in context

  1. 16O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
  2. 17Behold, 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.
  3. 18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
  4. 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
  5. 20Jehovah is ready to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.