Isaiah 38:11

I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

12My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:4\6:3\My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

Psalms 31:22\31:21\May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

Ecclesiastes 9:5The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 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. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →

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