Isaiah 38:18

Those in the grave cannot praise you, the dead cannot praise you. Those who go down into the pit can no longer hope in your faithfulness.

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In The King James Version

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

In Context

17It was definitely for my own good I went through this bitter experience. You in your love saved me from the pit of destruction and you have forgiven all my sins.

19It's only the living who can praise you as I'm doing today. Parents explain to their children how you can be trusted.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:5For no one remembers you when they're dead. Who is able to praise you from the grave?

Psalms 30:9What would you gain if I die, if I go down into the pit of death? Would my dust praise you? Would it tell of your trustworthiness?

Psalms 115:17The dead do not praise the Lord, those who have gone down into the silence of the grave.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you do, do it with all your strength, for when you go to the grave there's no more working or thinking, no more knowing or being wise.

Matthew 25:46They will go away into eternal condemnation, but those who are good will enter eternal life.”

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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