Isaiah 38:18 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

YLT

For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

DBT

For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

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Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Zechariah 9:12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 115:17
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

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Those that lie rotting in the grave, as they are not capable of receiving any further mercy from God, so neither are they capable of offering any more praises to him, till they shall be raised at the last day, and then they shall both receive and give glory. [2.] Having recovered from it, he resolves not only to proceed, but to abound, in praising and serving God (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Isa 38:9 is the heading or inscription.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The second part of the song passes from prayer to thanksgiving at the prayer being heard. What shall I say?--the language of one at a loss for words to express his sense of the unexpected deliverance. both spoken . . . and . . . done it-- (Nu 23:19). Both promised and performed (1Th 5:24;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Their probation is at an end. They can no longer exercise faith and hope in regard to Thy faithfulness to Thy promises, which are limited to the present state. For "hope" ceases (even in the case of the godly) when sight begins (Ro 8:24, 25); the ungodly have "no hope" (1Th 4:13).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Praise - The dead are not capable of glorifying thy name among men upon earth. They cannot expect nor receive the accomplishment of thy promised goodness in the land of the living.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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ISA 38:18ECC 9:10 COL 3:23
ISA 38:18ECC 9:10 PSA 6:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ISA 38:18PSA 6:5 PSA 88:10-12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ISA 38:18PSA 6:5 ECC 9:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ISA 38:18ECC 9:10 EPH 5:16
ISA 38:18ECC 9:10 ROM 12:11
ISA 38:18ECC 9:10 ECC 11:6
ISA 38:18PSA 6:5 PSA 115:17

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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