Isaiah 38:18

For they that are in the grave shall not praise you, neither shall the dead bless you, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for your mercy.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

17For you have chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and you have cast all my sins behind me.

19The living shall bless you, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare your righteousness,

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Cross References

Psalms 6:5For in death no man remembers you: and who will give you thanks in Hades? 1

Psalms 30:9Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly. 1

Psalms 115:17I will offer to you the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever your hand shall find to do, do with all your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither you go.

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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