Isaiah 38:18
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Isaiah 38:18 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn nicht der Scheol preist dich, der Tod lobsingt dir nicht; die in die Grube hinabgefahren sind, harren nicht auf deine Treue.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque el sepulcro no te celebrará, ni te alabará la muerte; ni los que descienden al hoyo esperarán tu verdad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque o mundo dos mortos não te louvará, nem a morte te glorificará; nem esperarão em tua fidelidade os que descem a cova.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois o Sheol não Te agradece; a morte não Te louva; aqueles que descem até a sepultura não esperam na Tua fidelidade.
📖 Isaiah 38:18 in Context
16O 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.
17Behold, 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.
18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20The 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.
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