Isaiah 38:11

I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

12My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he out me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:4And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?

Psalms 31:22Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

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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