Isaiah 38:11 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 38:11

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

BSB

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ASV

I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

KJV

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I shall not see the Lord - In the original, the Hebrew which is rendered ‘Lord,’ is not Yahweh, but יה יה yâhh yâhh. On the meaning of it, see the note at Isa 12:2 (compare the note at Isa 7:14). The repetition of the name here denotes emphasis or intensity of feeling - the deep desire which he had to see Yahweh in the land of the living, and the intense sorrow of his heart at the idea of being cut off from that privilege.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He shall no more see (that is, serve) the Lord in the land of the living, the land of conflict between his kingdom and the kingdom of Satan, this seat of war.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(Ps 34:12), "What man is he that desireth life that he may see good?" world--rather, translate: "among the inhabitants of the land of stillness," that is, Hades [MAURER], in parallel antithesis to "the land of the living" in the first clause. The Hebrew comes from a root, to "rest" or "cease" (Job 14:6).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אֶרְאֶ֣ה	'er.'Eh	I will see	H7200 →
יָ֔הּ	Yah	Yahweh	H3050 →
יָ֖הּ	yah	Yahweh	H3050 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
הַחַיִּ֑ים	ha.chai.Yim	the living	H2416 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אַבִּ֥יט	'a.Bit	I will look at	H5027 →
אָדָ֛ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
י֥וֹשְׁבֵי	Yo.o.she.vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
חָֽדֶל׃	Cha.del	cessation	H2309 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 27:13
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
  Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Psalms 142:5
  I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalms 56:3
  When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8–14
  We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- Psalms 31:19
  How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
Through
Psalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
leads to
- Psalms 116:11
  In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
- Psalms 88:16
  Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah